Ingredients
Chocolate cake layers
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cups cocoa powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup butter milk
- A pinch of salt
Vanilla cake layer
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tsps baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup castor sugar
- 2 eggs or 1 cup yogurt
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
Dulce de leche cream
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoon Sprig Dulce de Leche
Directions
Chocolate cake layers
- Pre-heat the oven to 180oC. Brush two 9″ tart tins with melted butter using a pastry brush
- Whisk cocoa, flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder into a bowl
- In a large bowl, mix cream, oil and sugar
- Add eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition
- Beat in vanilla extract using mixer at low
- Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients alternating with butter milk, starting and ending with flour mixture. Beat until smooth
- Pour the batter into 2 tins and smoothen the top using a spatula
- Bake at 180oC until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean
Vanilla cake layer
- Pre-heat the oven to 180oC. Brush a 9″ tart tin with melted butter using a pastry brush
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, salt
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat oil and sugar until light and pale
- With mixer on low, beat in eggs one at a time
- Add vanilla extract and mix well
- Alternately, beat in flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until combined
- Pour half the batter into the tin and smoothen the top using a spatula. The other half of batter can be saved for later.
- Bake at 180oC until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. It should take about 30-32 minute
Layered Cake
- Mix well the dulce de leche into the heavy cream
- For a thicker filling, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks form. Fold in the dulce de leche
- Use cream to fill the layers, alternate chocolate and vanilla layers
- Top off the cake with Chocolate bars, macaroons, pretzels and caramel popcorn
Recipe by Shivesh Bhatia
Video by Shumaila Chauhan