Matilda chocolate cake

Ingredients

• For the cake: 320 g flour (2 2/3 cups)
• 600 g sugar (3 cups)
• 135 g unsweetened cocoa (1 1/2 cups)
• 14 g baking soda (1 tbsp)
• 6 g baking powder (1 1/2 tsp)
• 9 g salt (1 1/2 tsp)
• 3 eggs
• 13 g vanilla (1 tbsp)
• 360 g buttermilk (1 1/2 cups)
• 165 g oil (3/4 cup)
• 360 g hot coffee (1 1/2 cups)
• For the ganache: 225 g chocolate
• 85 g butter
• 250 g sugar (1 1/4 cups)
• 300 g cream (1 1/4 cups)
• 2 tsp vanilla
• Pinch of salt

Instructions

1. Whisk all the dry ingredients together.
2. Add the eggs, vanilla, buttermilk and oil, and mix until smooth.
3. Stream in the hot coffee — the batter will be thin; that's correct.
4. Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 30–35 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean. Cool completely.
5. For the ganache, heat the cream with the sugar, pour over the chopped chocolate, stir until glossy and finish with the butter, vanilla and salt. Chill until spreadable.
6. Fill and frost the cooled layers generously, and serve by the oversized slice.