Malted-Milk Chocolate Cake

Name: Malted-Milk Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 teaspoons baking powder; 227 grams block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, chilled; 3 larges eggs; 158 milliliters fat-free milk; 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour; 414 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters coarsely chopped malted-milk balls; 118 milliliters malted-milk powder; 567 grams cups powdered sugar (about; 1 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps butter or stick margarine, softened; 85 grams unsweetened chocolate, melted; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 79 milliliters vegetable shortening; 3 Tbsps hot water

One serving contains 291 calories, 6g of protein, and 9g of fat. This recipe serves 18. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up milk, block 1/3-less-fat cream cheese, flour, and

Instructions

Preheat oven to 35

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Oven

Coat bottoms of 2 (9-inch) round cake pans with cooking spray (do not coat sides of pan); line bottoms with wax paper. Coat wax paper with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour.

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Cooking Spray

All Purpose Flour

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Wax Paper

Frying Pan

Combine butter, vanilla, and cream cheese in a large bowl; beat at medium-high speed of a mixer 2 minutes. Gradually add sugar, beating at low speed just until smooth.

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Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Butter

Sugar

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Blender

Bowl

Add hot water; beat just until smooth.

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Water

Add chocolate; beat just until smooth. Reserve 1 3/4 cups chocolate mixture for frosting; cover and chill 2 hours.

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Chocolate

Frosting

Add shortening to remaining chocolate mixture in bowl. Beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 1 minute).

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Shortening

Chocolate

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Blender

Bowl

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Egg

Lightly spoon 1 3/4 cups flour into dry measuring cups, level with a knife.

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All Purpose Flour

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine 1 3/4 cups flour, milk powder, baking powder, and salt, stirring well with a whisk.

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Baking Powder

Powdered Milk

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.

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All Purpose Flour

Milk

Egg

Pour batter into prepared pans. Sharply tap pans once on counter to remove air bubbles.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pans.

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Wire Rack

Oven

Remove wax paper. Cool completely on wire rack.

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Wax Paper

Wire Rack

Place 1 cake layer on a plate; spread with 1/2 cup frosting, and top with remaining cake layer.

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Frosting

Spread

Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake; sprinkle top of cake with chopped malted-milk balls. Chill 1 hour. Store cake loosely covered in refrigerator.

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Frosting

Spread

Milk