Dark Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Ganache and Marshmallow Frosting

Name: Dark Chocolate Cake with White Chocolate Ganache and Marshmallow Frosting
Yield: Serves 6–8
Ingredients: 55 g cocoa powder; 5 ml baking powder; 2.5 ml salt; 10 ml bicarbonate of soda; 240 ml vegetable oil; 200 g dark chocolate, chopped; 4 large eggs, lightly whisked; 120 g cake flour; 80 ml water; 4 large egg whites; 300 ml cream; 400 g white chocolate, chopped; 300 g cream cheese; 195 g castor sugar; 500 ml boiling water; 380 g Demerara sugar

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Simply Delicious

By Zola Nene

Published 2016

About

This is my signature cake. It is the most decadent. When I want to spoil someone (or myself), this is what I bake.

Ingredients

For the dark chocolate sponge

380 g Demerara sugar
500 ml boiling water
240

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian

Method

To make the cake, place the sugar and boiling water in a large bowl and stir until the sugar has dissolved.
Pour in the oil, add the dark chocolate and stir until the chocolate has completely melted and the mixture is smooth. Stir in the lightly whisked eggs.
In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and bicarbonat