Chocolate Truffle Cake with Blue Cheese | How to Make Chocolate Cake

This Chocolate Truffle Cake is an incredible combination of dense, moist chocolate cake and silky chocolate truffle frosting with blue cheese. You need to try it!

INGREDIENTS
For the Chocolate Cake (for 7-inch or 18 cm baking ring):
½ cup (4 oz) dark chocolate
½ cup (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened
⅓ cup powdered sugar
5 large eggs
½ tsp kosher salt
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour

For the Simple Sugar Syrup (for 6-inch or 16 cm baking ring):
½ cup sugar
3 tablespoons ice water
¼ cup rum
For the Dark Chocolate Ganache:
9 oz dark chocolate
1 ½ cup heavy whipping cream
½ cup crumbled blue cheese

For the Chocolate Glaze:
1 cup (5 oz) dark chocolate
1 teaspoon instant coffee
½ cup heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon honey

PREPARATION
To Make the Chocolate Cake.
1. Preheat the oven to 320°F (160˚C). Butter and sprinkle with flour a 7-inch baking ring, and line the bottom with parchment paper.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together softened butter, sugar and melted chocolate until pale and fluffy.
3. Add the egg yolks, flour and salt, and mix until well combine.
4. In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the egg whites and sugar until stiff peaks form; stir in chocolate mixture until smooth.
5. Bake in fully preheated oven at 320˚F for 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
6. Remove cake from pan and onto wire cooling racks to cool completely. Then cover with a plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes.
7. Divide the chilled cake with a knife into three equal parts.

To Make the Simple Sugar Syrup.
1. In a medium saucepan combine sugar and water.
2. Bring to a boil, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Then add the rum.
3. Allow to cool.

To Make the Dark Chocolate Ganache.
1. Place chocolate in a small bowl. In a small saucepan, bring ½ cup of cream just to a boil. Pour over chocolate; whisk until smooth. Cool, stirring occasionally, until ganache reaches a spreading consistency.
2. Add the crumbled blue cheese and beat with electric mixer on high/medium speed until combine.
3. Beat the remaining whipping cream (1 cup) with electric mixer on high speed until stiff. Gently stir whipped cream into the chilled chocolate mixture.

To Make the Chocolate Glaze.
1. Сoffee dissolve in 2 tablespoons of boiling water.
2. In a small saucepan, combine coffee, cream and sugar. Bring it just to a boil.
3. Remove from heat and add the chocolate and honey.
4. Strain the mixture through a sieve and cool completely.
5. Pour the chocolate glaze on the cake and refrigerate to stabilize for at least 2 hours.

To Assemble the Truffle Chocolate Cake.
1. Place one layer of cake onto a cake stand or serving plate. Souk your cake in simple sugar syrup, and top with a thin layer of chocolate frosting (approximately 2/3 cup). Spread evenly.
2. Repeat with remaining layers of cake and frosting. Refrigerate about 30 minutes before cover with glaze.
3. Spread the Chocolate Glaze over top and sides of cake. Store in the refrigerator.

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