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  • Speckled Toffee Cake

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    Speckled Toffee Cake
    Prep: 30 min Cook: 30 min Servings: 1
    by Homemade & Yummy
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    The flavours of toffee and chocolate merge together to make this awesome Speckled Toffee Cake.  Perfect for those special celebrations.

    Ingredients

    • For the cake:
    • 3 cups cake flour (sifted)
    • 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder
    • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
    • 1/2 tsp. salt
    • 1/2 cup butter (unsalted, room temperature)
    • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar (packed)
    • 1/4 cup greek yogurt
    • 5 extra large egg yolks
    • 3/4 tsp. English Toffee oil (LorAnn Oils)
    • 3/4 cup milk
    • 6 ounces of semisweet chocolate (grated)
    • 2 bags of toffee bits
    • For the ganache:
    • 18 ounces milk chocolate (finely chopped)
    • 1 1/2 cups whipping cream

    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 350ºF
    2. Butter and line two 9 inch round cake pans
    3. For the cake: Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt
    4. In another bowl cream butter and sugar
    5. Beat in yogurt
    6. Beat in yolks (one at a time)
    7. Add flavoured oil
    8. Add 1/2 the flour mixture and beat well
    9. Add the yogurt and beat well
    10. Add the rest of the flour mixture and beat well
    11. Fold in the grated chocolate
    12. Spread batter between 2 pans and bake 30-35 minutes, or until done
    13. Cool cakes in pans, then remove and finish cooling on racks
    14. For the ganache: Place milk chocolate in bowl
    15. Bring whipping cream to a boil in a saucepan
    16. Pour hot cream over chocolate
    17. Let stand for 5 minutes to melt chocolate
    18. Stir until smooth
    19. Chill in fridge for 60 minutes
    20. Slowly beat chilled ganache with a mixer until thick and smooth (DO NOT over beat)
    21. To assemble: Place one cake on a cake board
    22. Spread a nice thick layer of ganache over cake
    23. Pile on toffee bits
    24. Top with the other cake
    25. Frost the outside of the cake with the remaining ganache
    26. Decorate top edge of cake with toffee bits
    27. Trim bottom of cake with toffee bits
    28. Chill until ready to serve
    29. Bring to room temperature before slicing

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