Chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting and toffee

Warren Sturdivant
Warren Sturdivant @WarrentheChef
Philadelphia

This is a twist on Beatty's chocolate cake. I used cream cheese icing with homemade toffee that was supposed to be caramel. It gives nice crunch.

Chocolate cake with chocolate cream cheese frosting and toffee

This is a twist on Beatty's chocolate cake. I used cream cheese icing with homemade toffee that was supposed to be caramel. It gives nice crunch.

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Ingredients

1 hour 30 mins
16 servings
  1. Batter
  2. 1 3/4 cupall-purpose flour
  3. 2 cupsugar
  4. 3/4 cupHershey's cocoa powder
  5. 2 tspbaking soda
  6. 1 tspbaking powder
  7. 1 tspkosher salt
  8. 1 cupbuttermilk - shaken
  9. 1/2 cupvegetable oil
  10. 2each extra large eggs- room temperature
  11. 1 tspblack vanilla extract
  12. 2 lbcream cheese at room temperature
  13. 1 cupFreshly brewed hot coffee
  14. Frosting
  15. 1/2 cupHershey's cocoa powder
  16. 1/2 stickunsalted butter at room temperature
  17. 1 lbconfectioner's sugar
  18. 1 cuptoffee
  19. 1 tspBlack Vanilla

Cooking Instructions

1 hour 30 mins
  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350°F Fahrenheit.

  2. 2

    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.

  3. 3

    Put all dry ingredients in electric mixer bowl with whip attachment and sift on low speed till blended. Scrape bowl.

  4. 4

    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.

  5. 5

    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.

  6. 6

    Chocolate cream cheese icing

  7. 7

    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.

  8. 8

    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.

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