Chocolate Genoise Cake with Raspberry Filling and Chocolate Ganache

Recipe courtesy of Emeril Lagasse

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (5)

RECIPE
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Cook Time:
45 min
Level:
--
Yield:
10 servings

Times:

Prep: 25 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 45 min
Total:: 1 hr 10 min

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Ingredients

Chocolate genoise cake:

3/4 cup cake flour
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 tablespoon cornstarch
Pinch of baking soda
6 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted

Chocolate ganache:

1 cup heavy cream
12 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped

To assemble:

2 cups seedless raspberry jam
1 cup heavy cream, whipped
Garnish: Raspberries, mint sprigs, powdered sugar

Directions

Genoise: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour an 8-inch cake pan.

Into a small bowl sift together flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch and baking soda. In a large metal bowl set over barely simmering water, whisk eggs and sugar with a hand-held electric beater until thick, foamy and doubled in volume. Mixture should form a ribbon when beaters are lifted. Make sure that mixture does not get too hot and curdle eggs. Remove from heat and gently fold in flour mixture until just combined. Fold in melted butter and pour into cake pan. Bake 20 minutes until cake is springy to touch. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a cake rack, turn out and cool completely.

Ganache: In a small saucepan bring cream to a boil over high heat. Remove from heat and whisk in chocolate. Let cool, stirring occasionally, until thickened, but still pourable.

Assembly: Halve cake crosswise. On a cake rack set over a baking sheet, cover bottom cake layer with raspberry jam and replace top layer. Over center of cake pour ganache and smooth over top and sides with a palette knife until evenly coated. Let icing set, about 1 hour. To decorate, pipe whipped cream as desired, arrange raspberries and mint and dust with powdered sugar.

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recipe Chocolate Genoise Cake with Raspberry Filling and Chocolate Ganache
shannon blaine, WA 10-06-2009
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FABULOUS!!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this for my sister in law's birthday - she is a chocolate lover -- she said it was the best cake she's ever had - I... also modified it for kids and I made cupcakes we put the raspberry filling in the middle - and decorate the tops like a hostess cupcake with the remaining filling - they have been a requested hit ever since!! This cake is moist and fabulous every time!!Read more
recipe Chocolate Genoise Cake with Raspberry Filling and Chocolate Ganache
carl new yorkn, AL 04-23-2009
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horrible cake texture
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

This cake is dreadful - dry and a really nasty texture like shredded cardboard. Maybe it's the cornstarch - II looked at... several other genoise recipes and none of them use cornstarch. I don't know what to do with the cake now, its awful.Read more
recipe Chocolate Genoise Cake with Raspberry Filling and Chocolate Ganache
stacey shillington, PA 11-26-2008
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Great!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I made this cake for my cousin-in-law's 30th Birthday and she LOVED it!! I did add a few touches: I did not bake one cake... and cut it in half, I baked 2 seperate 9" round shorther cakes ( I just seperated the cake mix into 2 cake pans instead of baking it all in one) and I did make a simple syrup of 1/2 cup corn syrup, 1 cup sugar and 4 oz. Raspberry Liquer (I used CHAMBORD) & 3tbs.water and heated that for a minute over low heat(just to blend the flavors) and I added a full-size 5 oz. or so bottle of Smuckers Raspberry Jam (melted) in with the Ganache and whisked the 2 together. I baked the cake, cooled it & then made a bunch of tiny holes all over the top with a fork, poured half the syrup on top and let it soal in a bit, then spread on raspberry jam-ganache chocolate, and repeated this with the rest of the syrup and more raspberry jam- ganache for the next cake layer. I bought a Hershey's Gourmet Cocoa 65% cocoa dark Chocolate Bar and shaved it into a cup and a half of chocolate shavings, which I sprinkled all over the top of the cake and some around it for looks, and then I arranged a whole pint of fresh respberries in a circle on the center of the cake, extra shavings in the center(the prettiest, most whole one's) and then arranged the rest of the berries all around the cake on the serving plate. I finished it off with a light dusting of the unsweetened cocoa from Hershey's. I think these extra touches made this cake uber-rich and uber-raspberry-ish!! Read more
recipe Chocolate Genoise Cake with Raspberry Filling and Chocolate Ganache
Anonymous 06-27-2006
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Not as rich as I thought it would be
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I thought the cake would be a little richer. Overall it was pretty good.
recipe Chocolate Genoise Cake with Raspberry Filling and Chocolate Ganache
Panagiota east northport, NY 06-25-2006
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yummy
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

perfect birthday cake!