Ingredients for "Death By Chocolate" Cake

Series Summary

What do you think is the most decadent desert in the world? Think... With a name like Death By Chocolate I'm not sure if anything can beat the topic of this video series. With 2 layers of moist fluffy cake, a raspberry center and molten glaze frosting this bad boy is hard to touch. It's the kind of cake that takes your taste buds on a wild ride to Never Never Land and back in just one bite. As pastries go this is the motherload of them all and although it may look intimidating it isn't as difficult to make as one might think. Take a stab at it.

I'm sure you're thinking, “Wow! Where do i start?” Start right here. This video series is all you'll need to learn how to make this beautiful dessert. You'll not only learn every step in the recipe but also how to create all the chocolate flowers and other decorations you'll need to make this cake look totally pro. This cake is made a bit different than most but is still easily mastered with a bit of love and practice so pick up your whisk and have fun!!

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Karen for Expert Village, today we're going to make "Death by Chocolate" cake. This is a rich chocolate tort that's filled with a raspberry glaze and a chocolate ganache totally covered with chocolate ganache and garned with chocolate curls, chocolate roses, and chocolate leaves. This is a chocolate lovers dream. Let's start our Death by Chocolate cake by taking out all the ingredients to make sure we have everything we need. I have here ingredients for the cake, ingredients for the ganache glazed, and then we'll be using some raspberry jam and a little raspberry liquor to brush the inside of the cake. What we'll need for the cake is 8 oz of a nice bitter sweet chocolate, 2/3 cup of butter, 1/2 cup of white sugar, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 4 eggs, 1/3 cup of sour cream, a teaspoon of vanilla, 1/4 cup of cocoa a nice dark rich cocoa, 1/2 cup of flour, 1 1/2 teaspoon of baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. For the ganache glaze we'll be using an additional 8 oz of chocolate and remember get a really nice, bitter sweet chocolate a good quality chocolate, and 1/2 cup of heavy cream, and to brush the inside of the cake we'll be using raspberry preserves. I prefer the all fruit type preserves and some raspberry liquor."