Chocolate Cake with Caramel-Chocolate Frosting & Cashews
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Makes about 15 squares. Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients
For the cake: 1 cup unsalted butter 1 cup water 1/4 cup cocoa powder 1/2 cup buttermilk 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups sugar 2 cups gf flour 1/2 teaspoon salt
For the frosting: 2 14-oz. cans of sweetened evaporated milk 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 oz. semi-sweet chocolate 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
1-1/2 cups coarsely chopped cashews
Directions
Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 15x10x1 inch jelly roll pan. Set aside.
In a small saucepan, heat 1 cup butter, water and cocoa, stirring constantly, until the butter melts and the mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat and let cool.
In a large bowl, beat the buttermilk, oil, eggs, baking soda and vanilla on medium speed until smooth. Add the cooled cocoa mixture, beating until blended.
In a separate bowl, combine the sugar, gf flour, and salt. Stir well with a whisk. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the cocoa-buttermilk mixture, beating until just blended. (Note: the batter will be fairly thin.)
Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan, spread top to smooth. Bake fro 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool completely on a wire rack.
Make the frosting: Place the sweetened condensed milk, brown sugar, butter and vanilla in a medium saucepan. Bring to a low boil over medium low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened or until it reaches the consistency of pudding. Remove from heat and let cool briefly.
In a double boiler, melt the chocolate with the butter. Let cool briefly.
To assemble cake: Pour the warm caramel frosting over the top of the cake. Sprinkle with cashews. Drizzle with chocolate sauce. Chill for 1 hour. Cut into squares and serve.
Tips
We used The Gluten Free Pantry’s Country French Bread flour mix for the gf flour in this recipe. To purchase this product please click the link below in our Recommended Tools section.
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