TruckBC

• In a large pot, cook noodles in boil water until al dente, per packaged directions. Drain when ready and set aside.
• In a medium pot on medium heat, melt butter. Then whisk in flour, salt, and pepper.
• Slowly add milk/cream, about ¼ at a time, whisk continuously. Add more milk once mixture thickens and starts to bubble.
• Once all liquid has been added reduce heat to low and add in cheese. Stir until melted.
• Add pasta to cheese mixture and toss to combine.
• Let macaroni and cheese sit for five minutes to thicken. 

Prep

• Adjust the oven rack to the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter two 9" cake pans and line the bottoms with circles of parchment paper.

Cake

• Sift together the cocoa powder, cake flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder in a bowl.
• In the bowl of a standing electric mixer, or by hand, beat together the butter and sugar about 5 minutes until smooth and creamy. You want it to look like soft almost fluffy butter icing, it will turn from a yellowish colour to almost completely white.
• Add the eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Scrape down the sides to be sure everything is getting mixed in.
• Mix coffee and milk together.
• For the next few steps if you're using a standing or electric mixer, mix them in by hand a bit first.
• Stir half of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture.
• Add the coffee and milk, stir to combine.
• Finally stir in the other half of the dry ingredients.
• Divide the batter into the two prepared cake pans (about 500 grams per pan) and bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting.

Ganache Frosting

• Melt the chocolate with cream in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring occasionally until melted. Remove the bowl from the pan of water.
• Whisk butter cubes into the chocolate mixture until completely melted and the ganache is smooth.
• Cool until spreadable, about an hour at room temperature.

Frost the Cake

• Run a knife around the edge of each of the cakes which will help release them from the pans.
• Tilt one cake out of the pan remove the parchment paper from the bottom and invert it onto a cake plate.
• Spread a generous amount of ganache frosting over the top.
• Top with the second cake layer and spread the top and sides with the remaining icing as decoratively as you want. If you're a truck driver like me, it will look horrible, but don't worry, it will still taste amazing!