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Butterscotch Maple Chocolate Chip Layer Cake |
Cake
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- substitute 1/4 cup water from the cake mix with Maple Crown Royal
- 2 teaspoons Inbru Butterscotch Drop coffee flavoring
- 1/2 cup miniature chocolate chips
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting (I got this recipe from Sweet Savory Life. Definitely check out the page, there's lots of great stuff to be found! The recipe yields around 3 cups, which is way more then you'll need unless you have a heavy hand with the frosting. I had about a cup left over)
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks or ½ pound), softened (but not melted!)
- 3½ cups confectioners (powdered) sugar
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or 1 teaspoon almond extract (I went with vanilla)
- 4 tablespoons milk or heavy cream (I used milk. I figured it was plenty rich already)
Directions
Frosting
- Cream butter for a few minutes in a mixer with the paddle attachment on medium speed. Turn off the mixer. Sift 3 cups powdered sugar and cocoa into the mixing bowl. Turn your mixer on the lowest speed (so the dry ingredients do not blow everywhere) until the sugar and cocoa are absorbed by the butter. Increase mixer speed to medium and add vanilla extract, salt, and milk/cream and beat for 3 minutes. If your frosting needs a more stiff consistency, add a little more sugar. If your frosting needs to be thinned out, add additional milk 1 tablespoon at a time.
Cake
- Begin preparing cake according to directions on box. Remember to swap 1/4 cup of the Crown in for the water.
- While batter is mixing, add the Inbru.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix until they are distributed through the batter.
- Divide the batter between two greased 9" cake pans.
- Cook cakes according to directions on box.
- When cakes have cooled, remove from pans. (Be patient here. The chocolate chips will make the bottoms stick to the pan a bit. Give it time and you'll get the cakes out without destroying them). Here's where things become difficult. With a good, long bread knife, cut horizontally across one of the cakes to remove the rounded top. Spread a layer of frosting across the flat surface.
Try to cut as level as possible or you get a slightly lopsided cake.
Just like mine! - Lay the other cake on top of the frosted layer. Frost the sonofabitch! Give it a couple hours before you eat it to really let the butterscotch flavor develop!
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A little booze makes everything better haha! This looks delicious. Thanks for linking to the In and Out of the Kitchen Link Party. Hope to see you next week.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely not what I thought about when looking at this beautifully unassuming cake! It is packed with Flavor! Great Recipe! Proud to say it was Featured on #ThursdayTweetTreats
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