Famous Brick Street Chocolate Cake

The luscious Brick Street Chocolate Cake is everything you dream of in a chocolate cake. Rich and delicious. The pourable chocolate ganache is over the top decadent! Perfect for the holiday dessert table and so easy to make.

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Ingredients:
Cake:

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup baking cocoa sifted
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup instant chocolate pudding mix small box
• 2 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Chocolate Icing:

• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup baking cocoa sifted
• 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons heavy cream more or less for consistency

Instructions:
Cake:

• Preheat CONVECTION OVEN ONLY to 350°.
• Beat sugar, butter & vanilla in large bowl.
• Beat in eggs.
• Mix in cake flour, baking cocoa, soda, salt, chocolate pudding mix and buttermilk.
• Stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips.
• Pour into greased tube pan.
• Bake in CONVECTION OVEN ONLY at 350° for 60-70 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean.
• Cool cake completely before icing.

Chocolate Icing:

• Heat water, butter and vanilla together in sauce pan on stovetop until melted.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in one cup cocoa.
• Stir in powdered sugar, sifted.
• Stir in heavy cream, up to 3 tablespoons until you get the desired consistency.
• Ice by filling the hole in the middle of the cake first, then spread icing over the cake and pour over the sides. Icing will harden as it cools.
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Recipe adapted from throughherlookingglass

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