Chocolate Bundt Cake

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Decadent chocolate cake

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Prep Time 10

Cook Time 40

Course Sobremesa

Cuisine Portuguese

Servings 16

Ingredients

75 g or 3/4 cup cocoa powder
200 ml or 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp warm water
250 g or 2 cups all-purpose flour
300 g or 1 + 1/3 cup white sugar
6 egg yolks
110 ml or 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp sunflower oil
1/8 tsp table salt
3 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp white sugar
200 g or 7 ounces semisweet or 50% dark chocolate for the ganache
200 ml or 1 cup heavy cream for the ganache
6 egg whites

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 180ºC or 350ºF. Spray generously a bundt pan with cooking spray or grease with butter. Mine is about 23 cm or 9 inches across the top.
Combine the water and the cocoa powder until it's completely dissolved. Let it cool.
75 g or 3/4 cup cocoa powder, 200 ml or 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp warm water
Whisk the sugar and flour together and make a hole in the center. There add the egg yolks, cocoa mixture, oil, salt and the baking powder and beat for 8 minutes in a stand mixer at medium speed. Meanwhile, beat the egg whites to stiff peaks with the remaining sugar.
75 g or 3/4 cup cocoa powder, 200 ml or 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp warm water, 250 g or 2 cups all-purpose flour, 300 g or 1 + 1/3 cup white sugar, 6 egg yolks, 110 ml or 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp sunflower oil, 1/8 tsp table salt, 3 tsp baking powder, 2 tbsp white sugar, 6 egg whites
Using a rubber spatula, fold the egg whites into the chocolate batter slowly, until completely combined.
Pour into the bundt pan and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out almost clean. Don't let it dry to much.
For the ganache just microwave the heavy cream, in a heatproof bowl, until it's hot. Then add the chocolate in pieces and cover with a lid (I used a plate). After a minute or so, remove the lid and stir with a rubber spatula until all the chocolate bits have melted and are well mixed. When the cake is cold, pour over it and have fun with some sprinkles.
200 g or 7 ounces semisweet or 50% dark chocolate, 200 ml or 1 cup heavy cream

Notes

* I used sunflower oil, but you can use any other oil, like olive oil.
* You may need to add some more water to your chocolate mixture, it should have a thick consistency, but it can't be a paste.

Keyword bundt cake, chocolate, chocolate cake, ganache