Spiced Chocolate Cake with Poured Ganache (Kit Available!)

Have your cake and eat it too with this fantastic virtual class! Learn our wonderful spiced Chocolate Cake with Poured Ganache — occasion cake for sure! What’s the occasion? You making this fabulous cake, of course. Hint hint: it goes perfectly with a glass of red wine. Milk for the kids, wine for you!

This is a 2-part class

We’ll meet from 11am-12pm to make the cake and then reconvene at 1pm to glaze and decorate. Your cakes will be swoon-worthy!

COMING SOON: What you need in One Easy Kit!

Kit Contents:

The Hipcooks Class: Spiced Chocolate Cake with Poured Ganache. Join us live on the class date, and/or watch the class video anytime.

High-quality cake pan: 10 x 3 inch cake pan, lined with parchment and ready to go!

Cooling rack (you’ll need this for cooling the cake, and for pouring the glaze)

Offset spatula (you’ll need this to spread the ganache)

Dry-ingredients packet including cake flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, cinnamon, cloves, chili, pepper and salt

High-quality chopped chocolate for the ganache

Students to provide fresh ingredients for class: 3 eggs, sugar, grapeseed oil, buttermilk (or yogurt, or sour cream), and coffee.

Kit Ordering, Pickup, and Shipping Information:

Order Kit by:
October XX to receive it in time to join the Live Class

Kit Pickup:
Kits are available for instore pickup or contactless curbside, at these Hipcooks Studios: Hipcooks San Diego, Hipcooks Orange County, Hipcooks East LA and Hipcooks Portland. Kit pickup times will be scheduled on Oct 5 and Oct 6.

Kit Shipping:
The Spiced Chocolate Cake with Poured Ganache Kit is also available for shipping for an additional $15, anywhere in the US.

COMING SOON: Book this class with the Kit:

Book this class without  the Kit:

Without the Kit, this is what you’ll need to gather:

Supplies:
10 x 3″ or 10 x 2″ cake pan
Cooking rack
Baking sheet
Offset Spatula
Electric Beaters or KitchenAid
Spatula

Ingredients:
cake flour
baking powder
cocoa powder (not Dutch-press)
fresh ground cinnamon (use a Microplane to grate cinnamon sticks for optimal flavor)
fresh ground cloves (toast cloves and then pound in a mortar and pestle for optimal flavor)
ground chili pepper
freshly ground black pepper
salt
3 eggs
sugar
1 orange
7 ounces neutral oil (like grapeseed or refined coconut oil)
7 ounces buttermilk (or plain yogurt, or sour cream)
8 ounces freshly brewed coffee, cooled
8 ounces chocolate, use 52% for best results
8 ounces whipping or heavy cream

Virtual cooking classes at Hipcooks

Join us for this online cooking class on zoom, or get your own group together for a lively Livestream: Coworkers & clients, Friends & family, and kids for a Private virtual cooking class. We’ll work with you to book a date and time that work for you. More info on our Private virtual cooking classes here.

All classes are based on recipes with no more than a handful of easy-to-find ingredients. If you don’t have exactly what’s needed, don’t worry: we teach adaptable skills. We’ll send your group ingredients & tools checklists before your class, and recipes afterward. These classes are delightful — join us!