Wicked Windmill Chocolate Cake Recipe

This cake is, without the shadow of a doubt, a true stunner, one of those cakes that you want to save for those special occasions, you know.

Got a chocolate lover in your life that you’d like to please, surprise, bribe, or coax into asking you to marry them? Make this for them. They’ll be pure putty in your hands.

Yield: Serves 12-16

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE
1- Devil's Food Cake Recipe

FOR THE FROSTING
1- Chocolate Fudge Frosting Recipe

TO COVER THE SIDES
2 cups ( 360g | 12.7oz) mini-chocolate chips

FOR THE CHOCOLATE GANACHE TOPPING
2 cups (300g | 10.6oz) finely chopped semi-sweet chocolate
3/4 cup (180ml) heavy cream
1/4 cup (60g | 2.1oz) butter, softened

FOR THE WINDMILL BLADES
2 cups (300g | 10.6oz) finely chopped semi-sweet chocolate
1 tbsp peanut oil

Instructions

1. Make the Devil's Food Cake and Chocolate Fudge Frosting following the instructions in the posts.
2. Place one of the cakes flat side up on a piece of cardboard that's exactly the same size as the cake. While this precaution isn't absolutely mandatory, it will greatly help support your cake later when you need to hold it in one hand to cover the sides in chocolate chips.
3. Using an offset spatula cover that cake with a generous layer of frosting, then repeat with the remaining two layers. Crumb coat the entire cake with a thin layer of icing, making certain that you completely fill the cracks between the layers as you go.
4. Then, go back and cover your entire cake with a fairly generous amount of frosting, smoothing the sides and top as best you can.
5. Now to cover the side of the cake with mini-chocolate chips: hold the cake in your non-working hand and, with your other hand, press the mini-chocolate chips against the cake. Work over a large bowl to catch the chocolate chips that won't adhere to the cake.
6. Visit Wicked Windmill Chocolate Cake @ eviltwin.kitchen for full instructions.

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