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Chocolate Popcorn Cake (Easy)
Easy chocolate popcorn cake recipe, homemade with simple ingredients. This soft and moist layer cake is filled with chocolate buttercream frosting. Topped off with spicy popcorn as topper/ decoration and crunch. Great for carnival, cinema, film theater and movie night themed birthday parties!
👥 9 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 20m⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Abeer Rizvi📖 cakewhiz
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- bowl
- mixing bowl
- pan
- spatula
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Sift flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl and keep aside.
2
In another bowl, mix together eggs, oil, buttermilk, coffee and vanilla extract until combined.
Eggs (Large, Room temperature)2Buttermilk1 cupCoffee (Strongly brewed, Cooled to be lukewarm)1 cupVanilla extract1 tbsp
3
Add this wet mixture into your sifted, dry mixture and mix just combined. Don't over mix or you will end up with a tough and gummy texture.
4
Pour this batter into 2 greased and floured round cake pans (Dimensions: 8x2).
5
Bake at 350 degrees F for about ⏱️ 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.
6
Allow the cakes to cool to room temperature.
7
While the cakes are baking and cooling, prepare the frosting and ganache.
8
Also prepare the popcorn. For this, make your salted buttered popcorn the way you normally do and dump it all in a big deep bowl.
Popcorn (Butter flavored)1 cup
9
Sprinkle chili powder and paprika on your popcorn and mix everything with a big spoon.
Chili powder1 tspPaprika1 tspPopcorn (Butter flavored)1 cup
10
Spray these popcorns with red edible spray (optional). Don't overdo it. It's nice to see shades of yellow (from the butter) and red (from the spray).
Popcorn (Butter flavored)1 cupRed edible spray
11
To assemble, place one cake on a serving dish.
12
Spread frosting on top evenly with a spatula.
13
Drizzle some chocolate ganache.
Chocolate ganache1.5 cups
14
Place second cake on top of this icing and ganache layer.
15
Press gently to secure the two layers together.
16
Frost the entire cake in chocolate buttercream as smooth as possible.
17
Use a spatula to make a diagonal pattern along the sides of the cake.
18
Pour ganache on top of the cake and use the back of a spoon to spread it out and let it pour down the sides of the cake slightly.
19
Place this cake in the fridge and just before serving, toss some spicy butter popcorn on top. Enjoy.
Popcorn (Butter flavored)1 cup
Nutrition Facts
calories
949 kcal
fat Content
33 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
3 g
sugar Content
129 g
sodium Content
515 mg
protein Content
7 g
trans Fat Content
0.1 g
cholesterol Content
39 mg
carbohydrate Content
162 g
saturated Fat Content
8 g
unsaturated Fat Content
24 g
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