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Espresso Bundt with Salted Chocolate Ganache | Patisserie Makes Perfect

Espresso Bundt with Salted Chocolate Ganache

Patisserie Makes Perfect
This is a delicious recipe for a coffee and brown butter cake with a sea salt chocolate ganache. It's a great celebration cake, or something to have a nibble with a mug of coffee.
5 from 6 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 170 g Unsalted Butter
  • 300 g Soft Dark Brown Sugar
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 100 ml Espresso made with 2 double shots of espresso 28g Coffee
  • 100 ml Buttermilk
  • 375 g Plain Flour
  • 3 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder
  • ***Ganache***
  • 250 ml Whipping Cream
  • 100 g 70% Dark Chocolate
  • 100 g 30% Milk Chocolate
  • 1/2 Tsp Sea Salt plus extra for decorating
  • 10 g Unsalted Butter Softened

Instructions
 

  • First create the beurre noisette, place the butter in a heavy based pan and heat it until it begins to separate and you have small brown deposits and it begins to smell nutty. Place in a heatproof bowl and leave to cool - but do not let it set.
  • Preheat you oven to 150C Fan/170C. Butter and flour your bundt tin, you'll need a 12 Cup or 10"/25cm tin.
  • Place the sugar in a bowl with the eggs and beat until combined, add the cooled beurre noisette and beat again. Add the coffee and buttermilk, and mix, you will have a wet sloppy mix, this is OK.
  • Mix the flour and baking powder together and sift it into the wet mix, stir until fully combined and no bits of flour can be seen.
  • Pour the mix into the prepared tin and bake it in the oven for 55 minutes. Test by sticking a skewer or toothpick into the cake. It should come out clean, if the toothpick has batter on it, cook the cake for another 5 mins and test again.
  • Leave the cake to cool in the tin before turning out on a wire rack.
  • To make the ganache, either chop or break the chocolate into small pieces and place it in a bowl.
  • Take the cream and heat it gently until it comes to a boil, pour this over the chocolate and stir until it's melted. Stir in the teaspoon of salt and the softened butter and leave the ganache to one side to cool.
  • Take the cake, turn it out and then spread the ganache on top using a palette knife. You want it to be a thick fudgey texture rather than a pouring consistency.
  • Decorate with a sprinkling of sea salt