Chocolate Toffee Layer Cake

• Refrigerated

  • 3 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1 3/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 3/4 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened dark
  • 3/4 cup Cocoa powder
  • 4 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1 pinch Table salt
  • 3 tsp Vanilla

• Dairy

  • 5/8 cup Butter, soft
  • 1 1/2 cups Butter
  • 4 tbsp Heavy cream
  • 1/4 cup Sour cream
  • 3/4 cup Whole milk

• Desserts

  • 1 bag Heath toffee bits

• Liquids

  • 1 cup Water

• Other

  • 3 Heath bars cut in half

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Description

Ingredients

• ¾ cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
• 1 cup boiling water
• ½ cup + 2 Tablespoons soft butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¾ cup whole milk
• ¼ cup sour cream
• 1½ cups butter, at room temperature
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• ¾ cup cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• pinch table salt
• 3 Heath Bars cut in half
• 1 bag heath toffee bits

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Spray 3 8-inch round baking pans with pam, line bottoms with parchment paper, grease again and set aside.
• In small bowl combine cocoa and boiling water with a whisk until smooth. Cool.
• In medium bowl stir together flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time and vanilla.
• Slowly add the cocoa mix.
• Add ⅓ of the flour mix, then the milk. Then ⅓ of flour and the sour cream. Then, add the past of the flour.
• Mix well and divide into the pans.
• Bake 28-30 mins until the toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool and pop out of pans. Remove parchment . (cool and at this point you can freeze)
• Beat butter and sugar on medium-high speed 5 mins.
• Add cocoa powder, vanilla and salt.
• Add heavy cream a little at a time.
• On high, beat 3-5 minutes or until mixture is fluffy.
• Lay one layer on cake plate.
• Pipe on ⅓ the frosting. Sprinkle on heath.
• Top with second layer.
• Pipe on ⅓ of frosting. Sprinkle with heath.
• Top with third layer and pipe on the rest. Decorate with candies.