Speckled Toffee Cake
Ingredients
For the cake:
3 cups cake flour (sifted)
1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter (unsalted, room temperature)
1 1/2 cups brown sugar (packed)
1/4 cup greek yogurt
5 extra large egg yolks
3/4 tsp. English Toffee oil (LorAnn Oils)
3/4 cup milk
6 ounces of semisweet chocolate (grated)
2 bags of toffee bits
For the ganache:
18 ounces milk chocolate (finely chopped)
1 1/2 cups whipping cream
Preparation
1
Preheat oven to 350ºF
2
Butter and line two 9 inch round cake pans
3
For the cake: Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
4
In another bowl cream butter and sugar
5
Beat in yogurt
6
Beat in yolks (one at a time)
7
Add flavoured oil
8
Add 1/2 the flour mixture and beat well
9
Add the yogurt and beat well
10
Add the rest of the flour mixture and beat well
11
Fold in the grated chocolate
12
Spread batter between 2 pans and bake 30-35 minutes, or until done
13
Cool cakes in pans, then remove and finish cooling on racks
14
For the ganache: Place milk chocolate in bowl
15
Bring whipping cream to a boil in a saucepan
16
Pour hot cream over chocolate
17
Let stand for 5 minutes to melt chocolate
18
Stir until smooth
19
Chill in fridge for 60 minutes
20
Slowly beat chilled ganache with a mixer until thick and smooth (DO NOT over beat)
21
To assemble: Place one cake on a cake board
22
Spread a nice thick layer of ganache over cake
23
Pile on toffee bits
24
Top with the other cake
25
Frost the outside of the cake with the remaining ganache
26
Decorate top edge of cake with toffee bits
27
Trim bottom of cake with toffee bits
28
Chill until ready to serve
29
Bring to room temperature before slicing
30
ENJOY!!
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About
The flavours of toffee and chocolate merge together to make this awesome Speckled Toffee Cake. Perfect for those special celebrations.
Yield:
1 9 inch cake
Added:
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 8:53am
