Chocolate Cafe Au Lait Cake
- 4 ounces margarine
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 6 ounces chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
- 1/2 cup walnuts chopped
- 1 package cake mix, devils food
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee
- 13 cup powdered sugar sifted
- Melt margarine in a medium saucepan over low heat, or in a 1-quart glass bowl in a microwave oven on High 1 to 1 1/4 minutes.
- Stir in graham cracker crumbs and let cool.
- When cool, stir in chocolate chips and walnuts; set aside.
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions.
- Turn batter into prepared pans.
- Sprinkle crumb-walnut-chocolate chip mixture over cake batter, dividing evenly between pans.
- Using fingertips or back of a spoon, lightly press mixture into batter.
- Bake cake as package directs (30 to 35 minutes), or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
- Remove cakes from oven; let cool completely in pans before unmolding.
- Keep layers crumb side up.
- In a medium bowl, beat cream, coffee powder, and powdered sugar with an electric mixer on high speed until stiff.
- Place one cooled cake layer, crumb side up, on a serving plate.
- Spread three quarters of whipped cream mixture over cake.
- Top with remaining cake layer, crumb side up.
- Frost sides of cake with remaining whipped cream; do not frost top of cake.
margarine, graham cracker crumbs, chocolate chips, walnuts, cake mix, heavy whipping cream, coffee, powdered sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/chocolate-cafe-au-lait-cake-44718 (may not work)