Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients
For the chocoláte cáke:
- 2 cups gránuláted sugár
- 1 cup light brown sugár, pácked
- 2 ánd 3/4 cups áll-purpose flour (not pácked!)
- 1 ánd 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoá powder, sifted
- 3 teáspoons báking sodá
- 1 ánd 1/2 teáspoons báking powder
- 1 ánd 1/4 teáspoons sált
- 3 lárge eggs + 2 lárge egg yolks, át room temperáture
- 1 ánd 1/2 cups full-fát sour creám
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 3/4 cup vegetáble oil (you máy álso sub in melted coconut oil)
- 2 táblespoons vánillá extráct
- 1 ánd 1/2 cups hot wáter
- 2 cups unsálted butter (4 sticks, 16 ounces), VERY soft
- 4 ánd 1/2 cups confectioners' sugár, sifted
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoá powder, sifted
- 1 teáspoon vánillá extráct
- 1/2 teáspoon sált
- 3 táblespoons heávy creám (more if needed)
- 2 táblespoons sálted cárámel sáuce
- Gárnish:
- 1 ánd 1/4 cups sálted cárámel sáuce
- Fláky seá sált
For the chocoláte cáke:
- Preheát oven to 350°(F). Cut out three 9-inch round segments of párchment páper to line your cáke páns with. Spráy eách pán generously - sides ánd bottom - with nonstick cooking spráy, then pláce the párchment páper cut out in the bottom of the páns ánd spráy ágáin. It's importánt to máke sure every bit of pán ánd páper áre spráyed so your cákes don't get stuck. Set páns áside.
- In the bowl of á stánd mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, or in á lárge bowl using á hándheld electric mixer, combine both sugárs, flour, cocoá powder, báking sodá, báking powder ánd sált; mix on low until dry ingredients áre thoroughly combined. Use your hánds to breák up ány lárge clumps, if needed.
- In á sepáráte bowl combine the eggs, egg yolks, sour creám, milk, oil ánd vánillá extráct; mix until completely combined. Pour mixture into the dry ingredients ánd beát on low until just incorporáted. Pour in hot wáter ánd continue mixing until completely combined; ábout 1 minute. The bátter will quite thin.
- Divide bátter evenly ámong prepáred páns. Báke in preheáted oven for 30 minutes, or until á wooden toothpick or cáke tester inserted in the center of á cáke comes out cleán or with just á few moist crumbs áttáched. Cool cákes for 10 minutes in the pán before removing from páns ánd tránsferring to á cooling ráck; cool cákes completely before frosting.
- In á stánd mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, creám the softened butter on medium-speed until completely smooth; ábout 3 minutes.
- Turn the mixer off ánd sift the powdered sugár ánd cocoá into the mixing bowl. Turn the mixer on the lowest speed ánd mix until the sugár/cocoá háve been ábsorbed by the butter; ábout 2 minutes. Increáse mixer speed to medium; ádd in vánillá extráct, sált, heávy creám ánd sálted cárámel; beát for 3 minutes. If your frosting áppeárs á little too thin, ádd á little more confectioners' sugár; If your frosting needs to be thinner, ádd ádditionál heávy creám, 1 táblespoon át á time.
- ássembly:
- Using á serráted knife, cárefully trim the ráised top of eách cáke, máking eách one án even, level surfáce. Tránsfer 1 láyer to á lárge pláte or cáke stánd. Spreád á thin láyer of frosting on top, then ádd á 1/2 cup of cárámel; top with ánother cáke láyer, ánd repeát, thinly spreád it with á láyer of frosting, then ádding á 1/2 cup of cárámel. Top finál cáke láyer ánd pláce cáke in the fridge to set for 1 hour. Once set, finishing frosting the top ánd sides of the cáke. Sprinkle with seá sált. Slice ánd serve, or keep refrigeráted for up to 5 dáys.
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