Mini chocolate bundts with chocolate ganache // Holiday Dessert {FFAY #6}

Welcome to the final installment of Foodie For A Year! I have had so much fun sharing family favorite recipes with you and discovering new ones thanks to this link up! Since this is a holiday-themed recipe I wanted to go the semi-homemade route to lighten some burden off the hostess shoulders. Instead of making my own cake I used a box mix which saves time and made mini desserts for easy portion control. You could use a regular sized bundt pan or make these into cupcakes, both would look (and taste!) just as good!

Since this isn't so much a recipe as it is a dump and bake, I'll just list what I used to make these darling mini bundts:

1 box Betty Crocker chocolate fudge cake mix

1 1/4 cup water

1/2 cup oil

3 eggs

Mix and bake according to box instructions.

Now, since I went lazy easy on the cake I wanted to make a special frosting and ganache fulfilled that want. I used Martha Stewart's technique:

1 cup semisweet chocolate (I used chips because chopping up a chocolate bar went against my idea of "easy")

1 cup heavy whipping cream

1/8 teaspoon of coarse salt

1. Bring cream just to a boil over medium-high heat. Pour over chocolate, and add salt. Let stand for 10 minutes (don't stir -- doing so will cool the ganache too quickly, making it grainy).
2. Stir with a whisk until smooth and shiny to break up any pieces and emulsify cream and chocolate.

I then spooned the ganache over the mini bundts and let it set (putting the bundts into the fridge helped with that.) 

Some words of caution:

Spray those bundts pan with PAM like your life depends on it. If you think you've sprayed it enough, spray some more. I didn't spray enough PAM and that one little guy you see was the only one that came out intact. The rest were crumbs. I was devastated. So don't be like me and spoil your Thanksgiving (err, Christmas) dessert.

Thanks for joining Courtney, Elizabeth, Jamie, Sarah, Jamie and me for the final Foodie For A Year link up! This has been such a great link up and I can't wait to see what Holiday goodies you've been making! Share your recipe post below:

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