Mini Bundt Cakes with Chocolate Ganache

Posted by LuAnn at recipegoldmine.com 7/15/01 12:19:18 pm

Here's a white cake recipe specifically for the mini Bundt cake pan - Makes 6 mini Bundt cakes.

Source: Family Circle magazine

1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

Chocolate Ganache (recipe follows)
Decoration (optional): Dark-or white-chocolate curls
Mini chocolate chips
Nonpareil candies

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 6 mini Bundt cake pans with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Beat butter in large bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla.

3. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture; beat on medium speed 3 minutes or until thick and creamy. Divide among prepared pans.

4. Bake in 350 degree F oven 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centers comes clean. Let cakes cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Gently loosen edges; remove to wire rack to cool completely.

5. Drizzle with Chocolate Ganache. Decorate as desired.

Chocolate Ganache: Bring 1 1/2 cups heavy cream in saucepan to boiling. Remove from heat. Add 6 squares (1 ounce each) bittersweet chocolate, 6 squares semisweet chocolate; stir until smooth. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract. Cover; let stand 30 minutes, until coating consistency (makes enough to coat 6 cakes, 1/2 cup per cake). If just drizzling cakes, reduce cream to 1/2 cup and chocolate to 2 ounces each of bittersweet and semisweet chocolate (enough for 2 tablespoons per cake).

Chocolate Mini Bundt Cake Variation:
Melt 4 square (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate in small saucepan. Prepare cakes as above, beating in chocolate with vanilla extract (step 2). Drizzle chocolate cakes with white confectioners' Glaze.

Confectioners' Glaze:
Beat 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar, 2 to 2 1/2 tablespoons milk and 1/4 teaspoon salt in small bowl until smooth.