Favorite Fudge Birthday Cake

Name: Favorite Fudge Birthday Cake
Yield: 1 four-layer cake
Ingredients: 397 g Granulated sugar; 240 g All-Purpose Flour; 11 g Instant Clearjel; 64 g Dutch-process cocoa; 2 tsp Baking powder; 2 tsp Espresso powder; 0.5 tsp Baking soda; 1 tsp Table salt; 4 each Eggs; 149 g Vegetable oil; 2 tsp Vanilla Extract; 283 g Water; 340 g Semisweet chocolate; 170 g Cream; 227 g Semisweet chocolate; 113 g Heavy cream

Four chocolate layers with ganache between each one.

1 hour 0 minutes1 four-layer cake

Ingredients

Ingredients for1 four-layer cake
Ingredient	Amount
Cake
Granulated sugar	397 g
All-Purpose Flour	240 g
Instant Clearjel	11 g
Dutch-process cocoa	64 g
Baking powder	2 tsp
Espresso powder	2 tsp
Baking soda	0.5 tsp
Table salt	1 tsp
EggsLarge. At room temperature.	4 each
Vegetable oil	149 g
Vanilla Extract	2 tsp
Water	283 g
Filling
Semisweet chocolate	340 g
Cream	170 g
Icing
Semisweet chocolate	227 g
Heavy cream	113 g

Method

1
Prepare two deep 20cm round tins and heat the oven to 175°C/350°F. Mix the dry cake ingredients, incorporate the wet ingredients and beat until smooth.
2
Bake 35–38 minutes. Cool, then split each cake horizontally to make four layers.
3
Melt the filling chocolate with its hot cream and stir smooth. Spread between the four cake layers.
4
Make the separate chocolate-cream icing and pour over the assembled cake. Allow it to set before cutting.