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Salted caramel filled chocolate cake - Happy Birthday to me!

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Author: Claire K Creations / Cake recipe adapted from [url href="http://www.finecooking.com/recipes/fastest-fudge-cake.aspx"]Fine Cooking[/url]

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plain AP flour
  • ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoon cocoa
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon table salt
  • 65 g ¼ cup butter
  • 60 g ⅓ cup dark chocolate
  • 1-¼ cups packed brown sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup hot water mixed with 1 teaspoon instant coffee
  • Filling and icing
  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • 6 tablespoon icing sugar
  • 2 tablespoon cocoa
  • 6 tablespoon salted caramel
  • a little bit of milk to get it to the right consistency

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 160C(320F) fan-forced and grease and line the bases of two 18cm round cake tins.
  • In a heat-proof bowl or jug, combine the chocolate and butter and melt it in the microwave until smooth.
  • Pour it, together with the brown sugar into a large bowl and mix them together.
  • Add the eggs and vanilla and stir until they are mixed in.
  • Whisk all the dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and then add them to the bowl with the sugar etc.
  • Stir in the dry ingredients as well as you can and then add the water/coffee and stir it together until smooth.
  • Divide the batter evenly between the two baking dishes.
  • Bake the cakes for about 25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean.
  • Leave the baked cakes to rest in the tins for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • To make the icing, beat the butter until smooth then slowly beat in 2 tablespoons of the salted caramel until it is all even.
  • Add the icing sugar and cocoa a little at a time and beat until it is well combined. Add a little bit of milk to get it to the right consistency.
  • Place one of the cakes on a serving platter topside-down and spread it with the remaining salted caramel. You may have to heat it a little so that it is easier to spread.
  • Place the other cake right side-up on top of the caramel filling and spread it with the icing.
  • Serve it as soon as it's ready or store in an air-tight container. It was pretty good if not better the day after.
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