Red Velvet Chocolate Ganache Cake

Name: Red Velvet Chocolate Ganache Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 1-¾ pound FOR THE GANACHE:; 3-¼ cups Bittersweet Chocolate, Chopped Fine; 1 pinch Heavy Cream; 11 ounces, weight Salt; 1 teaspoon FOR THE CAKE:; 1-½ teaspoon All-purpose Flour; 3-½ teaspoons Baking Powder; 7-½ ounces, fluid Fine Salt; 4-½ ounces, fluid Dutch-Processed Cocoa Powder, Sifted; 2-½ teaspoons Buttermilk; 2 ounces, fluid Egg Yolks; 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract; 2 Tablespoons Red Liquid Food Coloring; 14 Tablespoons White Distilled Vinegar; 12-¼ ounces, weight Canola Oil

Red velvet cake with the volume turned up a notch by replacing traditional cream cheese frosting with decadent dark chocolate ganache.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 15 ingredients

Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Chocolate and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 5% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 10,020 recipes. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

Red Velvet Chocolate Ganache Cake

Serves 16

Prep30 min

Cook40 min

Ingredients

Directions

Step-by-step directions aren't available for this recipe. See the full recipe at the source →

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1022Calories

29 gProtein

42 gFat

126 gCarbs

Counts 9 of 10 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Chocolate	1 oz (28g) semisweet	155
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Vanilla	1 tsp extract (4ml)	12
Vinegar	1 tbsp (15ml) distilled	3
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Cake	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Chocolate + vanillatop 5% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together10,020 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Flour + buttermilktop 8% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together3,721 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cocoa powder + vanillatop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,189 recipes

Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).
Cream + buttermilktop 10% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together674 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Cream + cocoa powdertop 11% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together826 recipes

Shared aroma: acetic acid (sour, vinegar).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Like knowing why a recipe works?

The free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.