Tower of chocolate cake recipe 2

Tower of chocolate cake recipe 2:

For the ingredients

You will need:

1. Chocolate cake
2. Chocolate ganache
3. Cream cheese icing
4. Raspberry
5. Grated chocolates

For cake ingredients:

• 11/2 cups plain flour
• 1 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 227g butter
• 300g fine sugar
• 6 eggs about 50g each
• 170g buttermilk( I made the buttermilk myself by using 170g milk with 1Tbsp of lemon juice)
• 1tsp vanilla

Method:

• Preheat oven to 170°C, measure all the ingredients and sift all the dry ingredients together, get 2 round 8 inches baking pans and lined them with baking paper.
• Beat butter and sugar until light and creamy, then add eggs one at a time. 
• Add egg gradually, beating thoroughly after each addition. In between mixing, add some flour mixture to combine if the mixture started to curb. 
• At low speed add in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
• Stir until just combined and the mixture is smooth. Pour mixture into the prepared pans and bake at 170°C for about 35 minutes or until done.

To prepared the Cream cheese icing:

Ingredients:

• 170g cream cheese
• 40g butter
• 70g icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Cream together until light and creamy.

To prepared chocolate ganache:

• 130g chocolate 70% cocoa butter
• 130g cream
• 30g butter

Heat cream to simmering and add to chocolate, wait for a few minutes then stir to a smooth mixture. Add in the soft butter and continue stirring to combine well.



To assemble cake:
Slice each cake into 3 equal layers, so you will have 6 layers.

• Assemble it with different cream filling for each layer. 

• Cover the outside with a thin layer of chocolate ganache and keep it in the fridge for a few hours first before pouring a layer of warm chocolate ganache over it.
• Decorate with grated chocolates and raspberry.