Chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting and toffee
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup buttermilk - shaken
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 each extra large eggs- room temperature
- 1 tsp black vanilla extract
- 2 lb cream cheese at room temperature
- 1 cup Freshly brewed hot coffee
- 1/2 cup Hershey's cocoa powder
- 1/2 stick unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1 lb confectioner's sugar
- 1 cup toffee
- 1 tsp Black Vanilla
- Preheat oven to 350F Fahrenheit.
- Butter 2- 8 inch cake pans.
- Line pans with parchment or wax paper.
- Mix 1 tbsp of flour with 1 tbsp of cocoa powder and lightly dust the pans.
- Put all dry ingredients in electric mixer bowl with whip attachment and sift on low speed till blended.
- Scrape bowl.
- In separate bowl add all the wet ingredients and mix well.
- On low speed add the wet ingredients to the dry.
- Add the coffee until just blended.
- Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 35 - 40 mins or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool on wire rack.
- Chocolate cream cheese icing
- Place cream cheese and butter in mixing bowl with paddle attachment on low speed till blended.
- Slowly add confectioner's sugar and cocoa powder a little at a time.
- Increase speed and whip until fluffy.
- Place one layer on a cake pedestal.
- Spread cream cheese mixture on top of cake.
- Dust with crystallized toffee.
- Top with the next layer.
- Spread frosting evenly.
- Dust with toffee crystals.
- *A coarse seive may be used for dusting.
flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, kosher salt, buttermilk, vegetable oil, black vanilla, cream cheese, freshly brewed hot coffee, cocoa, butter, sugar, toffee, black vanilla
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/357761-chocolate-cake-with-chocolate-cream-cheese-frosting-and-toffee (may not work)