New York Chocolate Cake
This simple to make New York Chocolate Cake is a decadent chocolate sheet cake with that is topped with a delicious buttercream frosting and chocolate ganache. This cake is then made even better with the addition of chocolate chips and walnuts.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 2 box chocolate cake mix
- 6 eggs
- 2 1/2 C water
- 1 C Canola oil
- 1 C chopped Walnuts
- Pam baking spray
Chocolate Ganache
- 2 C Semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1 C Heavy whipping cream
Vanilla frosting
- 1 C unsalted butter softened
- 2 ½ C powdered sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3-5 tbsp Heavy whipping cream
- 1 C chopped Pecans
- 1 C Mini chocolate chips
Instructions
Cake Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and spray your baking dish with the pam baking spray, set aside
- Using a standing mixer or hand mixer, beat together until combined the cake mix, eggs, oil and water
- Fold in the chopped walnuts
- Pour batter into the baking dish and bake in the oven for about 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool completely
Chocolate Ganache Directions
- Place the chocolate chips into a heat safe bowl
- Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream over the stove until it starts to slow simmer
- Pour the heavy whipping cream over the chocolate chips and allow to sit for 1 minute
- Using a whisk, whisk the ganache until smooth and creamy
- Scoop ½ C into the squeeze bottle
Directions to top the cake
- If the cake baked a dome on top of the middle of the cake, remove it with a serrated knife to make the sheet cake even
- Pour the ganache over the cake and smooth evenly with the angled spatula
- Place into the fridge and allow to harden for 15-20 minutes
Vanilla Frosting Directions
- Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream until combined, smooth and stiff with peaks
- Scoop the frosting onto the top of of the cake and smooth evenly
- Using the ganache in the bottle, drizzle all over the top of the cake
- Sprinkle the chopped pecans and mini chocolate chips on top
- Cut and serve and enjoy!