Chocolate cake with buttercream, chocolate ganache, heath bars, and heath bits make for a pretty amazing cake!
Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 extra-large eggs at room temperature
- 1/2 c vegetable oil
- 1 c buttermilk
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 c good unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 c sugar
- 1 c freshly brewed hot coffee I use decaf
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350. Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans.
- Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl and mix until combined.
- In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
- With the mixer on low speed, slowly add the wet ingredients to the dry. With mixer still on low, add the coffee and stir just to combine, scraping the bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula. Pour the batter into the prepared pans (it will be very thin) and bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cool in the pans for 30 minutes, then turn them out onto a cooling rack and cool completely
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Heath Bar Cake
Heath is one of my favorite candy bars, so adding it to a cake seemed like a natural progression. I love the buttery crisp bits sprinkled on top and how they add a soft butterscotch flavor to the rich caramel cake and ganache. This is just one heckuva great cake!
Just looking at that cake with the sweet vanilla buttercream covered in rich chocolate ganache lovingly sprinkled with buttery Heath chips… it just makes me happy. It’s perfection.
This is my favorite chocolate cake recipe.
This cake was truly inspirational. It sounds weird to say it… but I felt so happy and full of life and joy while preparing it!!
The whole experience was so inspiring that I actually made a little video! This video is more for fun than anything, but you will also get the general idea how I assembled the cake.
I love that you turned the cupcakes into a cake! The video made me drool!
Thanks!
Woah! This cake looks amazing! Congrats to Jamie!!
Thank you so much sweet Anna!
Amanda you’re AH-mazing!! I’m one drooling fan out of many, but my goodness I can never wait to see what your going to do next! A big “thank you” from my lips……….not so much from my hips;-) haahaaa!
LOL Cutest comments ever. You are the sweetest Jenni!! 🙂
I love Jamie’s heath bar cupcakes too – – – so this is a must try! Gosh your creations are so incredibly beautiful – I’m drooling over this one!
Thanks Allison! It’s safe to say Jamie has a LOT of fans!! 🙂
Whoa, this looks amazing!!
Thank you!
Uhhhh, I think I just made a drool puddle all over my keyboard! This is perfection and a half!
**giggling**
Love the video and the cake is so drool worthy! Perfect for celebrating a new baby!
Thanks so much Katie! Your profile picture is so adorable!
Ugh – this cake is wonderful. Heath Bar is my favorite!
Me too. I bought a six pack. Only needed three for the cake. You can imagine where the rest went. #inmybelly
You’re right! This cake is so Jamie!! And I am loving your video – cake decorating scares the pants off of me, so seeing how calm the whole process can be (which it never seems to be for me, lol) is very reassuring! What a perfect cake for the baby shower!!
What an absolutely gorgeous cake to celebrate with!!! I love that you used one of Jamie’s recipes and turned it into an amazing cake! Very drool worthy!!!