This is one of my go-to chocolate cake recipes because it always come out perfectly.  It is a dense, moist, delicious chocolate cake with a layer of flavored buttercream frosting and chocolate ganache over the top.  Does that sound complicated?  Well, it's really not - if you've never really attempted a good homemade cake, this is a great one to try. 

The originial recipe called for making an espresso buttercream layer, but I much prefer the taste of orange with chocolate. You can make whichever flavor you like. The ganache top layer is super easy - you just heat all the ingredients together and let it cool for a little while until it is thick enough to pour over the cake but yet still thin enough that it will run down the sides. 

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