Chocolate Holiday Cake

Name: Chocolate Holiday Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 114 grams butter, cubed; 120 milliliters buttermilk; 74 grams chopped dates; 2 eggs, beaten; 142 grams can evaporated milk; 250 grams all-purpose flour; 55 grams chopped pecans; 36 grams raisins, chopped; 1 Dash salt; 170 grams cup semisweet chocolate chips; 115 milliliters sour cream; 150 grams sugar; 85 grams unsweetened chocolate; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 109 milliliters vegetable oil; 59 milliliters water; 12 servings Whipped cream, optional

Chocolate Holiday Cake might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. This recipe makes 12 servings with 451 calories, 7g of protein, and 27g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour. Head to the store and pick up cream, water, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

In a small saucepan, combine butter, oil and chocolate. Cook over low heat, stirring until chocolate melts.

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Add water; cool 15 minutes. In a bowl, combine the remaining cake ingredients and beat well. Fold chocolate mixture into batter.

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Chocolate

Water

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Pour into two greased and floured 8-in. round baking pans.

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Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes outs clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks.

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Meanwhile, for filling, combine the milk, sugar and water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.

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Water

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Add raisins and dates. Cook and stir until thickened, about 5 minutes.

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Dates

Remove from the heat; add vanilla and nuts. Cool.

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Vanilla

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For frosting, melt chips; add vanilla and nuts. Cool. Stir in sour cream and salt; beat with a spoon until smooth. Cool 5 minutes or until frosting achieves spreading consistency.

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Place one cake layer on a serving plate.

Spread with filling; top with second cake. Frost top and sides of cake. Chill for 1 hour before serving.

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Garnish with whipped cream if desired.

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Servings:

1teaspoon

baking soda 114grams

butter, cubed 120milliliters

buttermilk 74grams

chopped dates 2

eggs, beaten 142grams

can evaporated milk 250grams

all-purpose flour 55grams

chopped pecans 36grams

raisins, chopped 1Dash

salt 170grams

cup semisweet chocolate chips 115milliliters

sour cream 150grams

sugar 85grams

unsweetened chocolate 1teaspoon

vanilla extract 109milliliters

vegetable oil 59milliliters

water 12servings

Whipped cream, optional

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti

Cake works really well with Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. One wine you could try is Bollinger Brut Special Cuvee. It has 4.2 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 60 dollars.

Bollinger Brut Special Cuvee

A golden color, distinctive of black grape varieties. Very fine bubbles. On the nose, it has a beautiful aromatic complexity, ripe fruit and spicy aromas, with hints of roasted apples, apple compote and peaches. On the palate, there is a subtle combination of structure, length and vivacity. The bubbles are like velvet. Flavors of pear, brioche and spicy aromas, notes of fresh walnut.Pair with all fish, especially sushi and sashimi, shellfish such as shrimp, prawns, crayfish and grilled lobster, poultry and white meat, cashews, parmesan or prosciutto.