Bin your other chocolate cake recipes because this one is EPIC

Everyone thinks that they have the best recipe or the special trick that makes their chocolate cake the best in the world. What if a chef decided to take all the tips and tricks and put them together into one Epic cake? They did, and it’s amazing.

A cake that’s perfect for a get-together or to really wow the family at desert time. It may look complicated but is simple and worth every step.

To get this cake started you’ll need the following ingredients:

Chocolate Cake

• 225 g salted butter, softened
• 225 g golden caster sugar
• 4 eggs
• 200 g self-raising flour
• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 100 ml buttermilk
• 100 g dark chocolate
• 1 shot of espresso

Buttercream

• 250 g salted butter, softened
• 500 g icing sugar
• 50 g cocoa powder
• 2 tbsp hot water

Coffee Syrup

• 100 g caster sugar
• 100 ml water
• 50 ml coffee liqueur

Ganache

• 200 g dark chocolate
• 200 ml double cream
• 1 handful of honeycomb, to serve (Optional)

To see what you can do with these ingredients you can watch the video down below or go check out the full-text recipe at Sorted Food.

This cake would go great with an afternoon cuppa and a chat for sure.

Will you be trying this recipe? Do you have any special cake tricks that are not included in this one?