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Double Chocolate Cake with Caramel Buttercream

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Step 1:

    Grease three 15cm round tins and line the base with baking paper.

  2. Step 2:

    Preheat oven to 160ºC

  3. Step 3:

    Mix lemon juice and milk, allow to curdle.

  4. Step 4:

    With a stand mixture, whisk eggs until light and fluffy.

  5. Step 5:

    Mix chocolate with the coffee and mix well. Set aside.

  6. Step 6:

    Sieve the flour, baking powder, bicarb, sugar, salt and cocoa powder.

  7. Step 7:

    Turn the mixer down to the lowest setting, add oil and whisk well.

  8. Step 8:

    Add the milk, the coffee mixture and then add the dry ingredients slowly until completely combined.

  9. Step 9:

    Divide between the tins.

  10. Step 10:

    Bake for until a tester comes out clean.

  11. Step 11:

    Allow to cool completely in the tins.

  1. Step 12:

    Combine the butter and the icing sugar in a stand mixture.

  2. Step 13:

    Using the paddle attachment, beat well.

  3. Step 14:

    Add the milk and caramel and combine well.

  1. Step 15:

    Remove cake from tin and remove baking paper. Place onto serving dish.

  2. Step 16:

    Spread a third of the buttercream on the first cake. Drizzle caramel on top of the buttercream.

  3. Step 17:

    Repeat with the next two cake layers.

  4. Step 18:

    Store in an airtight container for up to a week.