With white, milk & dark chocolate, this triple chocolate ombre cake is frosted in a rich blend of ganache over three layers of vanilla cake.
The only way I know how to celebrate a birthday is with cake—a proper one with lots of layers. It just feels fancy and festive.
We had a birthday at our house last week, so I baked a triple chocolate ombré cake with white, milk and dark chocolate ganache frosting.
This is a cake for the indecisive chocolate lover, which describes so many of us, right?
The ganache frosting was a much thinner coating of frosting than you think of with a classic, fluffy buttercream.
It didn’t matter since all the flavors of ganache were chocolatey and rich in their own ways.
I went back and forth about whether the layers should be striped, too. In the end, I decided to keep the inside simple sticking with vanilla cake.
Each slice was really all about the chocolate blend.
This was my first time doing ombré frosting. I admit I was a bit nervous about how it would turn out.
I love any cake decorating technique that celebrates imperfection. It takes A LOT of practice to frost a cake with precision.
On any baking show I watch, elaborate cakes always mesmerize and impress me.
I accept my skill level and find techniques to match. The best part of doing an ombré is that you don’t need to have perfectly straight stripes.
It didn’t take me long to get the hang of it and frost quickly. The downside with ganache verses buttercream is that it sets before your know it.
Since there was no time to fuss, I just went with it, blending each flavor into the next. I was so thrilled with the result.
I would definitely do a triple chocolate ombré cake again, but next time I think I will challenge myself with a fruit flavor and do the changing cake layers to match.
PrintWith white, milk & dark chocolate, this triple chocolate ombre cake is frosted in a rich blend of ganache over three layers of vanilla cake.
Cake Adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction
Frosting adapted from Food52
Making the cake this morning, excited! FYI you forgot to list the vanilla as to when to add. I added it with the eggs. Just thought you may want to know . Happy baking
Thanks for catching that! I just updated the recipe. Yes, the vanilla extract goes in right after the eggs.