Chocolate Cake with Cocoa Puffs Frosting

Name: Chocolate Cake with Cocoa Puffs Frosting
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 170 grams bittersweet chocolate chips (or 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped); 1 liters Cocoa Puffs cereal; 454 grams confectioners sugar; 454 grams cream cheese, at room temperature; 2 larges eggs, at room temperature; 414 milliliters all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons instant espresso powder; 473 milliliters packed light brown sugar; 177 milliliters dry milk powder (See Notes); 1 teaspoon salt; 237 milliliters sour cream, at room temperature; 113 grams (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 237 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract; 118 milliliters vegetable oil; 177 milliliters boiling water

For $1.58 per serving, this recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains approximately 11g of protein, 43g of fat, and a total of 870 calories. This recipe serves 12. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes. If you have butter, baking soda, vegetable oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 13- by 9-inch cake pan with baking spray. Line pan with parchment paper lengthwise with one sheet, then crosswise with a second sheet to create a sling; spray once again with baking spray.

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Baking Spray

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Baking Paper

Cake Form

Oven

In large bowl, whisk together brown sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In medium bowl, whisk together eggs, sour cream, oil, and 2 teaspoons vanilla.

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Baking Soda

Cocoa Powder

Brown Sugar

Sour Cream

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Bowl

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until mixture is a thick paste.

Stir espresso powder into boiling water, then, whisk into batter until smooth.

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Instant Espresso

Water

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Whisk

Place chocolate in small bowl and microwave until smooth and melted, 1 to 2 minutes, stopping microwave to stir chocolate every 30 seconds. Stir melted chocolate into batter.

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Chocolate

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Microwave

Bowl

Scrape batter into prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of cake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Transfer cake to cooling rack and cool in pan 10 minutes. Pull cake out onto a cooling rack using the parchment sling and cool completely, about 1 hour.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

Meanwhile, pulse Cocoa Puffs and milk powder in food processor until powdery. Set aside.

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Cocoa Puffs Cereal

Powdered Milk

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Food Processor

Place whisk attachment on electric mixer. Whip cream cheese and butter on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

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Cream Cheese

Butter

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Add remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla and whip just until incorporated.

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Vanilla

Reduce speed to lowest setting and add confectioners’ sugar. Whip until incorporated, scraping bottom and sides of bowl with rubber spatula as needed, 30 to 60 seconds. Increase speed to medium-high and continue to whip until frosting is light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.

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Frosting