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Kahlua Chocolate Cake with Kahlua Buttercream Frosting

The recipe

Kahlua Chocolate Layered Cake

  • Servings0

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients

  • 2 Boxes of triple chocolate cake mix
  • 6 large eggs
  • 2 1/2 C whole milk
  • 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 3 9 inch round cake pans
  • 1 10 inch round cake board

Kahlua frosting ingredinets

  • 3 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
  • 6 C powder sugar
  • 3 tbsp Kahlua
  • 3 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 3 tsp espresso powder
  • 3-5 tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • 1 large piping bag fitted with a star tip
  • 2 containers of chocolate cake sprinkles

Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:

  • 1 C semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/2 C heavy whipping cream
  • 1 large squeeze bottle

Instructions

Cake Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray cake pans with pam baking spray, set aside
  2. Using a standing mixer, combine all cake ingredients and mix until combined and smooth
  3. Divide the batter between the three pans and bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
  4. Allow to cool completely on the counter

Frosting directions

  1. Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients until combined, smooth and stiff peaks form
  2. Scoop about 1 1/2 C frosting into the piping bag and set aside

Chocolate ganache directions

  1. Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until steaming
  2. While heavy whipping cream is heating up, place chocolate chips into a heat-proof bowl
  3. Once the heavy whipping cream is heated, pour over the chocolate chips
  4. Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth
  5. Pour ganache into the squeeze bottle

Building The Cake

  1. Using the cake leveler cut the domes off the cake and place one cake slice onto the cake round
  2. Scoop 1 C frosting onto the cake slice and smooth evenly
  3. Place a second cake slice on top of the first slice
  4. Scoop another 1 C frosting onto the second cake slice and smooth evenly
  5. Place the last layer of cake slice on top
  6. Using remaining frosting, frost entire cake
  7. Sprinkle chocolate cake sprinkles all over the bottom layer of the cake
  8. Drizzle the chocolate ganache all down the sides of the cake
  9. Pipe dollops of frosting around the top of the cake
  10. Sprinkle chocolate sprinkles
  11. Cut into slices and enjoy!