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Ingredients
- Cake:
- 2 1/4 cups Flour
- 1/4 cup Cocoa
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Honey
- 2 lrg Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3/4 cup Oil
- 1 1/2 cups Buttermilk
- Cream Filling:
- 1 Tbsp Water
- 1 tsp Unflavored Gelatin
- 1 1/4 cups Heavy Whipping Cream, divided
- 1/2 cup Sour Cream
- 3 Tbsp Honey
- 1/2 cup Finely Grated Bittersweet Chocolate (1 oz)
- Chocolate Honey Glaze:
- 10 oz Bittersweet Chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/2 cup Honey
Details
Preparation
Step 1
Cake:
Preheat oven to 350.
Spray 9" cake pan with nonstick spray, line bottom with parchment round.
Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl. Whisk sugar, honey, eggs and vanilla in large bowl to blend. Whisk in oil, then half of the dry ingredients. Whisk in buttermilk, then remaining dry ingredients. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake until tester comes out clean, about 55 minutes (cake will dome). Cool 10 minutes, invert onto rack and remove parchment. Turn over and cool completely.
Cream Filling:
Cut cake in half horizontally.
Place 1 Tbsp water in small bowl. Sprinkle gelatin over. Let stand 10 min to soften gelatin.
Bring 1/4 cup cream to boil in small saucepan. Remove from heat and stir in gelatin mixture. Cool to room temperature, stirring often, about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, using electric mixture, beat remaining 1 cup cream, sour cream and honey in medium bowl until peaks form. Beat gelatin mixture, then grated chocolate into whipped cream mixture. Immediately spread filling over bottom half of cake, leaving 1/2" border at edges. Place top half of cake atop filling, pressing gently to spread filling just to edge of cake. Cover and chill cake overnight.
Chocolate Honey Glaze:
Place chocolate in large measuring cup. Bring cream and honey to boil in heavy small saucepan, stirring to blend. Pour hot cream mixture over chocolate in cup, stir until smooth. Let cool 5 minutes.
Pour glaze over cake allowing glaze to drip down sides. Use spatula to spread glaze over sides. Chill 1 hour to set glaze.
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