It's been over a month since my dental fun started. I've been sensitive to cold and sweet foods. This has led to a huge chocolate craving that I decided to do something about this weekend. I started with a 9" Devil's Food Cake that I baked on Saturday and stuck in the refrigerator. I pulled it out on Sunday, sliced off the top and sliced the remainder in half for a two layer cake.
I then whipped up some ganache using heavy cream and dark chocolate
Here it is after assembly (filling) and smoothing (masking). I never claimed to be a cake decorator so don't be critical of my edges. The cake is on a cooling rack for chocolate glazing.
Glaze is more dark chocolate, heavy cream and butter. It's poured on hot and allowed to coat the sides.
The scariest part is transferring the cake to the cake container without dropping it. This was the first time that I glazed a cake at home and it wasn't too bad. The bad news is that it is a 9" cake and there aren't enough people in this house to eat it all. My future versions will be 6" cakes. That is almost individual sized!
