Fudgy Chocolate Pretzel Cake

Name: Fudgy Chocolate Pretzel Cake
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 142 grams bittersweet chocolate, melted and slightly cooled; 7 Tbsps cocoa; 355 milliliters hot coffee; 340 grams cups confectioners sugar; 3 larges eggs; 354 grams 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 298 grams 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 298 grams 1/2 cups light brown sugar; 177 milliliters oil; 85 grams pretzel knots, crushed, divided; 1 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters sour cream; 184 grams 13 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Fudgy Chocolate Pretzel Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 1180 calories, 10g of protein, and 53g of fat each. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours. If you have cocoa, butter, oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

For the cake: Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two 9-inch cake pans and line with parchment paper.

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Baking Paper

Oven

Place chocolate in a large bowl and pour coffee over.

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Chocolate

Coffee

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Bowl

Whisk until melted and then cool briefly.

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Whisk

Whisk in brown sugar, granulated sugar, salt, eggs, oil, sour cream, and vanilla until combined.

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Granulated Sugar

Brown Sugar

Sour Cream

Vanilla

Egg

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Whisk

Whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking power in a medium bowl.

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Baking Soda

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk into wet mixture until smooth. Evenly divide batter between pans and bake until just set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with moist crumbs, 35 to 40 minutes.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Whisk

Let cakes cool in pans for 30 minutes, then invert onto wire racks to cool completely.

Mix butter, chocolate, sour cream, cocoa, and vanilla in mixer with paddle on low speed until combined.

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Sour Cream

Chocolate

Vanilla

Butter

Cocoa Powder

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Blender

Add sugar and mix until just combined. Increase speed to medium and beat until creamy, about 1 minute. If frosting is too soft to spread onto cake, chill briefly until thickened.

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Frosting

Spread

Sugar

Place one cake on serving plate and spread with about 2/3 cup frosting.

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Frosting

Spread

Sprinkle almost half of the crushed pretzels on the frosting and then place the second cake on top (rounded side up). Use remaining frosting to ice top and sides of cake.

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Frosting

Pretzels