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Viewed: 26 - Published at: a year agoIngredients
- 2 14 cups flour
- 1 12 cups sugar
- 3 12 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 12 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 egg whites
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 8 ounces good dark chocolate (60%-70% cocoa)
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 14 cup butter
- 14 cup cream cheese
- 2 12 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 lime, juice of
- 2 tablespoons lime zest (orange or lemon zest or a combination would work well also)
Method
- To make the cake, blend flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in large bowl.
- Add milk, butter, and vanilla and beat with electric mixer for 2 minutes, till well blended.
- Add egg whites and beat another 4 minutes.
- Fold in walnuts.
- Pour batter into 2 parchment-lined, greased 9" cake pans.
- Bake at 350 deg F. for 35-40 minutes, till cake tests done.
- Remove from oven and cool on wire racks for a few minutes, then pop cakes out of pans and continue cooling on racks while you make the filling and frosting.
- To make the ganache filling, melt chocolate and cream together in double boiler, stirring occasionally, till well combined.
- Place in the fridge to cool for about 30 minutes, until it reaches a spreadable consistency (don't leave it in the fridge too long or it will be ROCK hard!
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- To make the frosting, cream butter and cream cheese with a mixer till well combined and fluffy.
- Add sugar a bit at a time till a thick, creamy frosting forms.
- Finally, mix in vanilla and zest.
- Add more sugar or lime juice as needed to reach preferred consistency.
- To assemble the cake, place bottom layer on plate.
- Spread ganache filling on top, leaving a 1/4-inch border around the edge (this will fill in when you press the top layer down).
- You will either have a very thick layer of filling or you will have extra ganache to play with.
- Set top layer over filling and press slightly to stick in place.
- Spread cream cheese frosting over cake.
- If you're feeling fancy, shave some chocolate with a veggie peeler and sprinkle over the frosted cake.
- Can also make cupcakes with the recipe, just pour batter into lined cupcake pan and bake for slightly less time.
- Frost with either the ganache or the cream cheese frosting.
- Would make 12 cupcakes.
