Chocolate Cake with Divinity Icing

Name: Chocolate Cake with Divinity Icing
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 teaspoons baking powder; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) butter, room temperature; 710 milliliters cake flour, sifted; 3 Tbsps white corn syrup; 3 larges egg whites, room temperature; 4 larges eggs, room temperature; 79 milliliters mini marshmallows (about 30); 1 teaspoons salt; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 532 milliliters sugar; 710 milliliters sugar; 113 grams (4 squares) unsweetened chocolate; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 teaspoons white vinegar; 177 milliliters whole milk

Chocolate Cake with Divinity Icing might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 12 servings with 695 calories, 8g of protein, and 23g of fat each. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 2 hours and 45 minutes. A mixture of corn syrup, vanillan extract, egg whites, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

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In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup water, 1/2 cup of the sugar, the chocolate and the vanilla.

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Chocolate

Vanilla

Sugar

Water

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Sauce Pan

Heat over medium heat, stirring constantly, until melted. Set aside to cool.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Prepare three 9-inch round cake pans: spray the bottom and sides of each pan with cooking spray; line the pans with parchment paper; then spray again with cooking spray.

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Cooking Spray

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Baking Paper

Frying Pan

Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and the remaining 1 3/4 cups sugar until smooth.

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Baking Powder

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

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Stand Mixer

Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.

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Egg

Add the cooled chocolate mixture and beat until smooth.

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Chocolate

Add the sifted flour mixture alternately with the milk, starting with a third of the flour, then adding half the milk, and ending with the flour. Stir only enough after each addition to blend the ingredients.

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All Purpose Flour

Milk

Pour the batter evenly into the cake pans and bake for 35 minutes, or until done. Judge doneness by appearancelayers will begin to pull away from the sidesor by inserting a toothpick into the center of a layer. The toothpick should come out clean. Cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn them out onto racks.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Remove the paper and allow to cool completely before frosting.

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Frosting

Spread the Divinity Icing between the layers and all over the top and sides of the cake.

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Spread

Icing

Pour the egg whites and salt into a stand mixer fitted with a whip attachment. Beat the egg whites until smooth but not stiff; they should not form stiff peaks.

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Egg Whites

Salt

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Stand Mixer

In a large saucepan, mix the sugar, 3/4 cup water, corn syrup and vinegar. Stir until the sugar dissolves, then heat the mixture until it reaches the hard ball stage (265 degrees F on a candy thermometer), about 12 minutes. When done, the syrup will spin a long thread when poured off the edge of a spoon.

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Corn Syrup

Vinegar

Syrup

Sugar

Water

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Candy Thermometer

Sauce Pan

Remove the syrup from the heat and stir in the mini marshmallows. The mixture will be foamy. With the mixer running at high speed, stream the syrup into the egg whites. Beat well, and then beat in the vanilla.

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Mini Marshmallows