Buttermilk Cake With Chocolate Ganache

I invented this recipe all on my own. As far as I know, there is no such thing as buttermilk cake...until now.

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup butter (half stick)

1 2/3 cups buttermilk

2 1/3 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1/2 cup sour cream

2 large eggs

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla

I've always wanted to use buttermilk in a cake recipe, but I didn't know which recipe use for this purpose. Every yellow cake recipe I have tried was dry.

So, I started with my wife's famous chocolate cake recipe, because it is moist. I subtracted the chocolate, substituted the water with buttermilk, and increased the amount of vanilla from 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon.

First, grease and flour your pan then preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

Cut up half a stick of butter (1/4 cup) and put it in a mixing bowl.

Bring 1 2/3 cups buttermilk to a boil and add to the butter. Let butter melt.

Now mix on low until well combined.

Add 2 1/3 cups flower and mix well.

Add 2 cups sugar and mix well.

Add 1/2 cup sour cream and mix well.

Add two eggs (without the shells) and mix well.

Add 2 teaspoons baking soda...

1 teaspoon salt...

and 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix well.

Pour batter into your greased and floured pan.

When it comes out of the oven, it will look like this.

Use a large biscuit cutter or some other large round object to cut out a piece of cake...

like this. Next you need to make the ganache to put on top. Here is how.

Lay out 6 oz. semi-sweet chocolate on a cutting board.

Shave it with a knife.

Chop it up even finer.

Trasfer it to a bowl and set aside.

In a small pot, boil 1/2 cup heavy cream (I did not have heavy cream, so I used evaporated milk).

Pour heated cream into bowl with chocolate and stir until chocolate is melted and well combined with cream.

Next, stir in 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract.

Now top your yellow cake and eat!