# Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake

A delightful combination of chocolate cake layers with salted caramel and a unique brown sugar Swiss meringue buttercream, offering a balanced and luxurious flavor.

- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Cocoa powder
- Water
- Brown sugar
- White sugar
- Butter
- Flour
- Cream
- Salt
- Vanilla

## Instructions

1. Combine cocoa powder and water, then whisk until smooth.
2. Add brown sugar, white sugar, and butter to the cocoa mixture.
3. Mix the chocolate cake batter until smooth.
4. Pour the chocolate cake batter into three 8-inch cake pans.
5. Bake the chocolate cake layers in the oven.
6. Melt sugar in a pan until it turns into caramel.
7. Add butter, hot cream, salt, and vanilla to the melted sugar and whisk to make the caramel.
8. Prepare a brown sugar Swiss meringue buttercream.
9. Place a chocolate cake layer on a cake stand, spread buttercream, pipe a buttercream border, and fill with caramel.
10. Repeat the layering process with the remaining cake layers, buttercream, and caramel.
11. Crumb coat the cake with buttercream.
12. Apply a final layer of buttercream to the cake, smoothing the sides and top.
13. Pour a final layer of caramel on top of the cake, spreading it evenly and creating a spiral design.
14. Slice and serve the salted caramel chocolate cake.

## Equipment

- Blender
- Baking pan
- Stove
- Whisk
- Spatula
- Piping bag
- Offset spatula

## Tips

- Be careful not to add too much caramel to the cake layers, as this can cause the soft and fluffy cake to fall apart.
- For extra flavor in the Swiss meringue buttercream, use brown sugar instead of regular white sugar.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@ashbaber/video/7541840918094089474
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b75e7819-8348-4f3c-84d3-65b8ce3c0f37
- Extracted: 2025-09-22

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