Chocolate Cake With Butterscotch Frosting Recipe 465

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake according to package directions for two 9-in. round baking pans. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the brown sugar, butter and cream. Cook and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Increase heat to medium. Do not stir. Cook for 3-6 minutes or until bubbles form in center of mixture and color is amber brown. Remove from the heat; stir in pecans. Cool at room temperature for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally., In a small bowl, whisk pudding mix and milk for 2 minutes. Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set. Fold in whipped topping. Cover and refrigerate until thickened, about 20 minutes., Place one cake layer on a serving platter; spread with 3/4 cup pudding mixture. Top with remaining cake layer; spread remaining pudding mixture over top and sides of cake. , If necessary, reheat pecan mixture over low heat to achieve a spreading consistency. Spoon pecan mixture around edge of cake. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes. , Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, poke 12 holes in warm cake. Pour butterscotch topping over cake; cool completely. , Spread with whipped topping; sprinkle with candy. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Prepare the chocolate by melting it in the top of a double boiler, stirring until it is smooth. Add 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) of the butter and stir until it is melted and blended. Add the warm milk and stir until smooth. Set the chocolate aside to cool.
• Line the bottoms only of three 9-inch cake pans with circles of parchment paper, or grease each pan bottom only with solid shortening and dust lightly with flour. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
• Whip the egg whites until stiff using the wire beater of the mixer. Transfer the beaten whites to a separate bowl and set aside.
• In the mixer bowl, cream the remaining 1 1/2 sticks of butter and the sugar together until fluffy. Add the egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the melted, cooled chocolate and the vanilla. Mix well.
• With the mixer on very low, stir in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Do this by adding about a third of the flour and slowly stirring it in completely. Then add about half the buttermilk and stir it in. Continue adding flour and buttermilk in this manner, ending with the flour. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl and stir again. With a long-handled spoon or spatula, fold and stir the beaten egg whites into the batter until the batter is smooth with no visible clumps of whites.
• Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans and bake for 30 to 40 minutes. Bake on the middle rack of the oven, allowing at least 1/4-inch clearance between the pans and the oven walls. The cake will rise above the pan edges as it bakes but will not spill over and will settle back down as it continues to bake. The cake is done when it begins to pull away from the sides of the pans and springs back to a light touch. Cool the layers in the pans for about 8 minutes.
• Run a knife around the edges of each pan and turn the layers out onto wire racks that have been sprayed with cooking spray. Cool the layers completely before frosting.
• For the frosting: Place the butterscotch morsels in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water or in the top of a double boiler. Stir until melted, then remove from the heat.
• In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the cream cheese until smooth. Add the butter and confectioner's sugar, and continue mixing. Add the melted butterscotch morsels and the heavy cream and vanilla, and mix until fully combined.
• To assemble the cake: Place one layer on a cake stand and spread with frosting. Frost each layer completely, top and sides, as it is added to the cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
• Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in the boiling water by hand. Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.
• To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.
• Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake.

Steps:

• CAKE: Melt the chocolate with 1/3 cup water; stir until smooth.
• Remove pan from heat; let cool until lukewarm.
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350*F.
• Grease an 8 1/4x4 1/2" loaf pan; line the bottom with waxed paper.
• Put the sugar, butter, salt, baking soda, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer on high speed until well blended.
• (The mixture WON'T be creamy.) Add 1 egg; beat until creamy, pale, and fluffy.
• Add the other egg.
• Reduce mixer speed to medium and beat in 1/2 the flour, then 1/2 the milk.
• Beat in the remaining flour and milk, then the chocolate, until blended.
• Scrape batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 60-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pan for 5 minutes.
• Loosen edges from sides of pan; invert onto a wire rack and peel off the waxed paper.
• Turn right side up and cool completely.
• MAKE THE FROSTING: Melt the chocolate with the brown sugar and heavy cream in a medium saucepan over low heat, stirring often, until smooth.
• Remove pan from heat; add the butter, vanilla, and salt and stir until the butter has melted.
• With an electric mixer on low speed, beat in 1 cup of the powdered sugar.
• Increase the speed to high and beat for 1-2 minutes, or until light and fluffy.
• Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in the remaining powdered sugar.
• Increase speed to medium and beat the frosting for 1 minute longer.
• ASSEMBLE THE CAKE: Cut the cake in 2 layers.
• Spread 1/2 the frosting on the bottom layer, replace the top, and spread the remaining frosting over the top and sides.
• Serve as is, or with a scoop of ice cream and a generous portion of fudge sauce.
• MAKE THE FUDGE SAUCE: (OPTIONAL).
• Bring the evaporated milk and sugar to a boil in a medium saucepan, stirring often to dissolve the sugar.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Remove saucepan from heat.
• Add the chocolate, vanilla, and salt and let stand for 5 minutes until the chocolate melts.
• Beat with an electric mixer on high speed (be careful--the chocolate will spatter at first) until smooth and thick, about 3 minutes.
• Serve warm.

Steps:

• Melt chocolate and butterscotch pieces.
• Stir in coffee and confectioners sugar.
• Beat until smooth.