Salted Chocolate Ganache Cake

Choose a premium chocolate bar for this simple one-layer cake. Make up to one day ahead, and store in an airtight container.

Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 wedge)

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 2  teaspoons  cake flour
• 5.3  ounces  sifted cake flour (about 1 1/4 cups)
• 1 1/2  teaspoons  baking powder
• 1/2  cup  packed dark brown sugar
• 1/4  cup  butter, softened
• 1  large egg
• 3/4  cup  evaporated fat-free milk
• 1  teaspoon  vanilla extract
• 2  large egg whites
• 3  tablespoons  dark brown sugar
• 2 1/2  ounces  dark chocolate, divided
• 1  tablespoon  butter
• 1/4  teaspoon  sea salt or fleur de sel

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 350°.

2. Coat 1 (9-inch) round cake pan with cooking spray; dust with 2 teaspoons flour.

3. Weigh or lightly spoon 5.3 ounces flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour and baking powder in a bowl; stir with a whisk. Place 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 5 minutes). Add egg; mix well. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Stir in vanilla.

4. Beat egg whites with a mixer at high speed until foamy using clean, dry beaters. Gradually add 3 tablespoons sugar, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently fold half of egg white mixture into flour mixture; fold in remaining egg white mixture. Grate 1/2 ounce chocolate; fold grated chocolate into batter. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 23 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on a wire rack.

5. Chop the remaining 2 ounces chocolate. Combine chopped chocolate and 1 tablespoon butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at MEDIUM 1 minute or until chocolate melts, stirring every 15 seconds. Spread chocolate mixture over top of cake; sprinkle evenly with sea salt. Cut into 8 wedges.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

263

Fat:

10.9g (sat 6.4g,mono 2.1g,poly 0.4g)

Protein:

5.3g

Carbohydrate:

37.6g

Fiber:

0.7g

Cholesterol:

47mg

Iron:

2.2mg

Sodium:

248mg

Calcium:

156mg