Chocolate Cake With Caramel Frosting and Gumdrop Roses

Name: Chocolate Cake With Caramel Frosting and Gumdrop Roses
Total time: 150 min
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans; ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, spooned and leveled, plus more for the pans; 2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1½ cups sugar; 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 3 large eggs, at room temperature; 1½ cups whole milk; 1 recipe Caramel Frosting; 1 recipe Gumdrop Roses

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Chocolate Cake With Caramel Frosting and Gumdrop Roses

Christopher Baker

Hands-On Time

45 Mins

Total Time

2 Hours 30 Mins

Yield

Serves 12

Ingredients

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, spooned and leveled, plus more for the pans
2 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1½ cups sugar
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 large eggs, at room temperature
1½ cups whole milk
1 recipe Caramel Frosting
1 recipe Gumdrop Roses

How to Make It

Step 1

Heat oven to 350°F. Butter two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans, line the bottoms with parchment, butter again, and dust with cocoa, tapping out the excess. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.

Step 2

Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium-high until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in the vanilla, then the eggs one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl as necessary.

Step 3

Reduce mixer speed to low. Add the flour mixture in 3 additions and the milk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix just until combined (do not overmix).

Step 4

Transfer the batter to the prepared pans and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes for 8-inch pans and 25 to 30 minutes for 9-inch pans. Cool the cakes in the pans for 15 minutes, then turn out onto racks to cool completely.

Step 5

Transfer one of the cooled cakes to a plate and spread with 1 to 1½ cups of the frosting. Top with the remaining cake and spread the top and sides with the remaining frosting. Top with the gumdrop roses.

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wlsbe9b242a11ef 2018-08-01T20:18:05-04:00

I realise that all the previous comments are from some years back, which makes me think the recipe is also that old, but if you're going to offer a recipe that calls for other recipes to be used (i.e., Caramel Frosting, and Gumdrop Roses), it behooves you to give links to those recipes, or to include them in the original recipe. So, is it possible to get those recipes? I have a friend's birthday coming up sooner, rather than later, so it would be greatly appreciated getting them before the beginning of September 2018. Thank you.

sippycupsuprstr 2013-12-25T17:39:55-05:00

I baked this cake following every instruction and ingredient precisely, and it was lovely. Perfect cake to whip up on short notice, as it's simple and doesn't require a lot of odd ingredients. You can find cans of dulce de leche for the frosting in the baking aisle of your local supermarket--look where the condensed milk is.

RSMaura 2013-03-27T14:36:26-04:00

Dear Readers: You are more than welcome to critique the recipes and express your differing opinions, but please keep your interactions with one another polite and respectful.

Sunshine7268 2013-03-25T06:50:56-04:00

Not only has this cake lost its appeal; but I am feeling REALLY bad for poor Lauren.

Penelope91784 2013-03-23T19:38:53-04:00

Shocking indeed. All the drama just made me lose my appetite.

eatpraylove 2013-03-23T17:26:55-04:00

Shocking that I had to read through so much drama just to try to ascertain whether this was a "to bake or not to bake" chocolate cake...namaste.

Laurensmom 2013-03-23T15:41:34-04:00

There is nothing more arrogant and haughty than calling an abject stranger 'my dear.' Pot, kettle, cook555.

Laurensmom 2013-03-23T14:52:14-04:00

bso9353, it would have been 'harsh' to call someone a 'retard' or the like. I merely pointed out that the individual in question was confused because they hadn't bothered to read properly. You read waaaaay too much into it. But for the record, I have a PhD from an Ivy League school so yes, as a matter of fact, I am smarter than the masses.

Laurensmom 2013-03-23T11:31:28-04:00

Here is what I used to make a caramel frosting for this cake. 1/2 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup milk 2 cups (approx.) sifted powdered sugar 1 tsp. vanilla Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in brown sugar, cook and stir a couple of minutes. Add milk and stir until boiling, then remove from heat and cool to lukewarm. Put into mixing bowl, add powdered sugar and vanilla while beating at medium speed. Beat on low until you reach the desired consistency.

Laurensmom 2013-03-23T09:51:35-04:00

Miss Peach is correct. The slice is not from the same cake which frankly should have been obvious since the cake in question is shown uncut. In any case, the cake is delicious and I do recommend it.

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