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Chocolate Chip Cake with Candied Pretzels
Looking for an impressive chocolate cake recipe? This three layer cake is decorated with chocolate curls and candied pretzels.
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 3h⏳ Prep: 2h👤 Country Living📖 countryliving
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●pan
- ●food processor
- ●oven
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●baking sheet
- ●knife
- ●spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Bake Cakes: Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease 3 (8") round cake pans and line with parchment paper. Pulse chocolate in a food processor until finely chopped, 12 to 14 times.
2
Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Stir together milk, lemon juice, and vanilla in a separate bowl.
3
Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Add egg whites, one at a time, beating to incorporate after each addition.
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4
Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in flour mixture and milk mixture alternately, starting and ending with the flour mixture, just until incorporated. Stir in the chopped chocolate. Divide batter among prepared pans; smooth tops.
5
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to ⏱️ 28 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks, ⏱️ 10 minutes, then invert onto racks to cool completely.
6
Make Frosting: Beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until creamy, 1 to ⏱️ 2 minutes. Add sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well and scraping down sides of bowl after each addition. Beat in vanilla and salt.
7
Assemble cake: Trim domed tops of two of the layers. Place one trimmed layer on a cake stand or serving platter and top with 2/3 cup frosting. Repeat, then place domed layer on top. Chill while decorating pretzels.
8
Decorate Pretzels: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Trim pretzel rods with a serrated knife so they will reach just above the top of the cake (about 4 inches). Dip the cut end of one pretzel in melted candy melts, leaving the other end uncoated. Decorate with sanding sugar, dragées, and starlight mints. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining pretzels, candy melts, and candy; reserve any unused candy melts. Let set at room temperature or in the fridge.
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9
Frost the top and outside of the cake. Attach decorated pretzels around sides of cake.
10
Remelt reserved candy melts. Spread in a thin layer, about 1/8 inch thick, on the back of a baking sheet. Chill until solid, 4 to ⏱️ 6 minutes. Use a flat metal spatula or bench scraper to scrape up the chocolate, creating curls and shards. Sprinkle over top of cake.
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