Two Cups Flour

Chocolate Rum Ganache Buttercream Frosting
13 Prepare ganache frosting first, so it can chill in the fridge while you bake the cake.
14 Place the heavy cream and butter in a medium saucepan on medium heat. Stir until the butter is melted. 
15 Add the powdered sugar, chocolate, spiced rum, and salt. Using a wire whisk stir until chocolate has melted to form a silky texture. Do not allow mixture to boil.
16 Immediately move from heat and transfer to a medium sized mixing bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. 
Chocolate Rum Cake
0 Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C) and prepare two 9-inch cake pans with non stick spray and line the bottoms with parchment.
1 Add spiced rum and butter in a medium skillet on medium heat and cook until butter has melted. Stir together until creamy, remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
2 In a large bowl hand whisk together sifted flour and cocoa powder with baking powder, baking soda, espresso powder, and cloves. Set aside.
3 In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment or a large bowl using hand mixer, beat together eggs, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add in the buttermilk and vanilla then mix again.  
4 Pour in the cooled buttered rum and oil, then mix again to incorporate.
6 Add in 1/3 of the flour cocoa mixture to the wet ingredients and mix again on medium low. Repeat with remaining flour cocoa mixture until all a cake batter is formed. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl as needed.
7 Evenly divide the batter between the two prepared cake pans. 
9 Transfer pans to the middle rack of the oven and bake for 23-25 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. If you are using top and bottom oven racks, switch cake pans halfway through.
10 Place cake pans on wire rack to cool completely. 
Assemble Cake
17 Remove cake layers from their pans and peel away bottom layer of parchment paper. 
19 Remove bowl of ganache frosting from the fridge and using an electric hand mixer, whip 1-2 minutes to thicken into a spreadable frosting.
18 Place on layer on serving plate. 
20 Spoon and smooth a thick layer of frosting across the top of the bottom layer. 
21 Place the second layer of cake right side up onto the frosting. Use the remaining frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake. 
22 Slice to serve.