The Best Chocolate Cake/Sourdough Chocolate Cake

The Best Chocolate Cake and it's a Sourdough Chocolate cake! There is nothing sour about this cake, it is moist and delicious. This cake is easy to make and feeds 12-15 people.

Recipe:
1 Cup of sourdough starter (Watch video recipe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SMKO...)
2 Cups of all-purpose flour
1 Cup of milk
*Mix and set dough to ferment for 2-3 hrs.*

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 cup natural cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional
2 large eggs

*In a bowl, beat together the sugar, oil, vanilla, salt, baking soda, cocoa and espresso powder. The mixture will be a bit grainy.
*Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
*Combine the chocolate mixture with the starter-flour-milk mixture, stirring till smooth.
*Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
*Bake the cake for 30 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
*Remove the cake from the oven, and set it on a rack to cool while you make the ganache.

Ganache
1 1/2 Cups of Semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 Tbs of heavy cream or half and half
2 Tbs. of butter
*Melt all ingredients together over low-medium heat.
*Pour over Cake and allow to set 5-10 in the fridge or 1 hr. on the counter.

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