Proof Bakery's chocolate espresso layer cake Recipe - Los Angeles Times

A great chocolate cake goes like this: Start with a layer of devil's food cake, nearly obsidian dark from Valrhona cocoa powder. Then add a thick strata of buttercream, another of chocolate crémeux, more cream, more Valrhona. Then more of the same, building up, layer by layer, like chocolate arch
Proof's justly famous chocolate espresso cake is three exquisite layers of cake, crémeux and buttercream, topped with bittersweet chocolate glaze. It is a simple cake, refined for a layer cake, and not as sweet as most of the cakes in that genre. When assembling the cake, there are a few caveats: Use the expresso simple syrup to brush on the layers of cake. This gives you an exceedingly moist crumb without compromising the structure. After layering, crumb coat your cake. In other words, spackle on a thin layer of frosting to the outside of the completed cake to seal in the crumbs, and then chill or freeze it. What this does is seal the cake, insulating it and preventing any errant crumbs from working their way into the final smooth coating. Then glaze the cake and apply the crumble garnish. From the story: This layer cake from Proof Bakery is a sweet lesson in chocolate architecture

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Proof Bakery's chocolate espresso layer cake Recipe - Los Angeles Times

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Proof Bakery's chocolate espresso layer cake Recipe - Los Angeles Times

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Proof Bakery's chocolate espresso layer cake Recipe - Los Angeles Times