Butterscotch Toffee Chocolate Cake
This rich and decadent Butterscotch Toffee Chocolate Cake explodes with the best flavor combinations ever! Butterscotch, toffee and chocolate rules!
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Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- ¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons All-Purpose Flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup Greek Yogurt I used Oikos Zero Greek Yogurt
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
- ⅓ cup olive or canola oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Butterscotch Toffee Frosting
- 6 oz. or 1 cup Guittard Butterscotch Chips
- 4 oz. cream cheese softened
- ⅓ cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons almond milk or milk of choice
- Couple pinches of salt
- ¼ to ½ cup toffee chips I used Heath
- 1 good quality milk chocolate bar chopped roughly
Instructions
To make cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat 1 8- or 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray, then dust with flour.
- Sift flour, cocoa, cornstarch, baking soda and salt into a bowl and set aside.
- In another bowl, add yogurt, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla.
- Using mixer, beat on low speed until blended about a minute.
- Add in the dry ingredients and then beat on high speed for 2 minutes longer.
- Pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing top.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until cakes feel set when lightly pressed in center and wooden skewer comes out clean.
- Let cake cool completely.
Butterscotch Toffee Frosting
- Place the butterscotch morsels in a microwavable bowl and microwave on high, stirring every 30 second intervals until melted.
- In a separate bowl, using a mixer, cream the cream cheese until smooth.
- Add in the butter, milk, salt and powdered sugar and continue beating until smooth.
- Add in the melted butterscotch morsels mix until fully combined, then mix in toffee chips.
- Frost cake.
- Add rough chopped milk chocolate to the top of the frosting.
- Cut and Devour!
Notes
Guittard Chocolate - "Butterscotch Chips", Made in a peanut and gluten free facility. Natural Flavor.