Description
A decadent multi-layer dessert combining moist chocolate cake, whipped cream filling, silky ganache, and a crunchy cocoa cereal topping for an indulgent treat.
Ingredients
Cake Layer
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp instant coffee
3 tbsp hot water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp white vinegar
Chocolate Milk
1 1/4 cups whole milk
1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
Whipped Cream Layer
7 oz cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Ganache
3 oz milk chocolate, chopped
1/3 cup heavy cream
Crunchy Topping
2 3/4 cups Cocoa Krispies (or Cocoa Pebbles)
3 1/2 oz melted milk chocolate
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Instructions
Bake cake: Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Grease 8-inch pan.
Mix cocoa, coffee, hot water; add oil, buttermilk, eggs.
Stir in flour, sugar; mix soda and vinegar, add.
Bake 35-40 mins until toothpick clean.
Make chocolate milk: Heat milk, cocoa, vanilla; simmer.
Soak cake: Poke holes, pour chocolate milk, cool.
Whipped cream: Beat cream cheese, add cream, condensed milk, vanilla; spread on cake, chill.
Ganache: Microwave chocolate and cream until smooth; pour on cake; chill.
Crunchy topping: Mix cereal with melted chocolate, cocoa powder.
Sprinkle topping; chill before serving.
Serve cold.
Notes
Poke holes evenly.
Use softened cream cheese.
Cool ganache before spreading.
Add cereal topping last for crunch.
Chill before slicing.
- Prep Time: 25
- Cook Time: 40
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving (1/12 recipe)
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 32 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 27 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 90 mg
Keywords: crunchy chocolate cake, chocolate cereal dessert, layered chocolate cake, creamy ganache cake, chocolate crunch topping