Chocolate Cake-Pan Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup Dutch-process cocoa or natural cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder, optional
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 Tablespoon vinegar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup milk

Chocolate Ganache

• 12 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 6 Tablespoons butter

Directions

Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Line the bottom of a 9-inch square cake pan with parchment paper and lightly grease with butter.
3. Measure all the dry ingredients into the pan and stir together to combine with a fork.
4. Make 3 holes in the dry ingredient and put the vanilla in one, vinegar in the 2nd and the oil into the third.
5. Pour the milk over it all and use a fork to stir to combine.
6. Place into the preheated oven and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. There may be a few moist crumbs and that is fine.
7. Remove and place onto a cooling rack until the cake has cooled then remove and place onto a cake plate.

Ganache

1. Place the chocolate chips into a small pot.
2. In a second small saucepan heat the cream and butter. Do not boil. Just before the boiling point, pour over the chocolate chips. Let sit for about 2-3 minutes until the chocolate melts.Stir well to combine.
3. Let cool down then spread over the cooled cake.
4. Cut an serve!