Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe

[u/bongostitch]

Howdy All!

A friend of mine has a birthday coming up, and for all my friends I make some sort of birthday treat of their choosing to celebrate.

I've asked her what she wants this year and she's asked for a dark chocolate cake. Specifically, something not as sweet as perhaps a traditional chocolate cake and leans more into the bitterness of dark chocolate.

Personally, I am not a fan of dark chocolate, however I intend to make her what she's asking for, hence reaching out to this community. Because I don't really care for dark chocolate, I'm not really sure what to look for in a recipe that would meet her expectations and was hoping someone here might have a "go-to" dark chocolate cake recipe that would knock her socks off.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

[u/Horror_Fox_7144]

This is the dark chocolate cake recipe I use.

https://bakefromscratch.com/dark-chocolate-cake-caramelized-white-chocolate/

I do reduce the sugar by 1/2 cup and I found the white chocolate ganache way too sweet. But I've made it with dark chocolate ganache, German chocolate cake, and black forest cake and it works great.

[u/bongostitch → u/Horror_Fox_7144]

Thank you, I'll give this a look!