Speckled Toffee Cake
By: Homemade & Yummy
Published: Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 8:53am

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

Preparation

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 30 ENJOY!!

About

The flavours of toffee and chocolate merge together to make this awesome Speckled Toffee Cake.  Perfect for those special celebrations.