Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake

This recipe calls for vegetable oil, but you can use an equal amount of melted coconut oil in its place. I do not recommend substituting oil with butter. I used store bought salted caramel in this recipe to save me time, but feel free to use homemade if you’d like! I suggest using a salted caramel sauce with a thicker consistency. You can click here to check out the exact caramel sauce I used. You might also want to check out my recipe for 6-minute salted caramel sauce. For best results, make sure your eggs, egg yolks, sour cream, and milk have all come to room temperature before you begin baking. When you measure your flour, be sure you’re not packing it into the measuring cup. 

Packed flour will yield a dense and dry cake. The cake layers should all be baked on the middle rack of your oven. If there’s not enough room in your oven to bake them all in an even row at once, simply bake them in two batches.

Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake

prep 1 hour, 1 mincook 30 minstotal 1 hour, 31 mins

Recipes by bakerbynature

Three layers of Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake slathered in homemade Chocolate Frosting. So decadent!

Ingredients

For the chocolate cake:

2 cups granulated sugar

1 cup light brown sugar, packed

2 and 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (not packed!)

1 and 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

3 teaspoons baking soda

1 and 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 and 1/4 teaspoons salt

3 large eggs + 2 large egg yolks, at room temperature

1 and 1/2 cups full-fat sour cream

1/3 cup whole milk

3/4 cup vegetable oil (you may also sub in melted coconut oil)

2 tablespoons vanilla extract

1 and 1/2 cups hot water

For the salted caramel chocolate frosting:

2 cups unsalted butter (4 sticks, 16 ounces), VERY soft

4 and 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon salt

3 tablespoons heavy cream (more if needed)

2 tablespoons salted caramel sauce

Garnish:

1 and 1/4 cups salted caramel sauce (please see post for more on this)

Flaky sea salt

Instructions

1. For the chocolate cake:
2. Read full recipes here >> bakerbynature.com/salted-caramel-chocolate-cake/

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