Chocolate-Praline Cake

Name: Chocolate-Praline Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters butter or margarine; 118 milliliters buttermilk; 8 servings Chocolate Ganache; 59 milliliters cocoa; 2 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 halve Garnish: pecan; 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 237 milliliters water

Chocolate-Praline Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 6g of protein, 26g of fat, and From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Cook first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly, until butter melts and mixture is smooth; remove butter mixture from heat.

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Butter

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Sauce Pan

Beat buttermilk, 2 eggs, baking soda, and vanilla at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Vanilla

Egg

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Hand Mixer

Add butter mixture to buttermilk mixture, beating until well blended.

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Buttermilk

Butter

Combine sugar, flour, and salt; gradually add to buttermilk mixture, beating until blended.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Coat 3 (9-inch) round cakepans with cooking spray, and line pans with wax paper.

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Cooking Spray

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Wax Paper

Pour cake batter evenly into pans.

Bake at 350 for 18 to 22 minutes or until cake is set. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.

Spread about 1/2 cup Chocolate Ganache between cake layers, and spread remaining ganache on sides of cake.

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Chocolate

Spread

Pour Praline Frosting slowly over the center of cake, gently spreading to edges, allowing some frosting to run over sides. Freeze, if desired; thaw at room temperature 4 to 6 hours.

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Frosting