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Brown-Butter Chocolate Layer Cake with Vanilla Glaze
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Brown-Butter Chocolate Layer Cake with Vanilla Glaze

4.5 (293 ratings)

This Chocolate Layer Cake is soft, buttery, and warm from the oven, finished with Vanilla Glaze.

Prep
23 min
Cook
20 min
Servings
7
Difficulty
Advanced
Ingredients

What you'll need

  • 1 lb chocolate layer cake
  • 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp granulated sugar
  • 1 medium unsalted butter
  • 1 lb large eggs
  • a pinch vanilla extract
  • 4 oz fine sea salt
  • to taste flaky salt
Method

Step by step

  1. Bring the cold ingredients to room temperature so everything blends evenly.
  2. Mix the base until just combined -- overworking is what makes a bake tough.
  3. Get it into the oven promptly and resist the urge to open the door early.
  4. Let it cool and set properly; the patience is what makes it clean to slice.
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