Chocolate Nirvana Cake Recipe

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Chocolate Nirvana Cake
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Directions:

  1. CAKE:.
  2. Preheat oven to 350*. Grease 3 round cake pans(I also line the bottom with waxed paper). Set aside.Put water on to boil.
  3. Mix together flour, soda and salt. set aside.
  4. Beat together butter and sugar until light.
  5. Add eggs and vanilla.
  6. Add chocolate and beat 1-2 minutes.
  7. Add flour mixture to chocolate mixture, alternating with buttermilk.Beat until smooth.
  8. Slowly add boiling water, beating until completely smooth-batter will be thin.
  9. Pour into pans. Bake 35-40 mins, until tester comes out clean.
  10. While baking, make ganache, caramel and whipped cream.
  11. Cool cakes in pans for 10 mins, then unmold onto racks to finish cooling.
  12. CARAMEL-cook sugar, corn syrup and butter over low heat until 242*. Remove from heat and add cream and vanilla.Cool. Will thicken as it cools.
  13. GANACHE-Melt butter, chocolate chips and cream over low heat.Whisk in almond extract. Cool.
  14. WHIPPED CREAM- Whisk cream until it just begins to thicken, then add pudding powder. whisk until ready.Refrigerate.
  15. PECANS- put butter on a cookie sheet& melt in oven (can toast pecans while baking cake)- when butter is melted, toss pecans in pan until coated. bake 350 until toasty smelling (~10 mins- watch carefully, they burn easily!)Salt to taste.
  16. When everything is cool, assemle the cake:.
  17. Place first layer on cake plate. Plop 1/3 of the whipped cream onto cake. Drizzle caramel and chocolate over cream. Repeat for next 2 layers, but be a little artistic with the top layer-oozing the caramel and chocolate over the sides of the cake. Sprinkle liberally with pecans!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 3106.08 Kcal (13005 kJ)
Calories from fat 1720.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 191.21g 294%
Cholesterol 430.71mg 144%
Sodium 4001.61mg 167%
Potassium 1177.8mg 25%
Total Carbs 342.59g 114%
Sugars 206.65g 827%
Dietary Fiber 23.34g 93%
Protein 33.33g 67%
Vitamin C 1.8mg 3%
Vitamin A 0.9mg 31%
Iron 11.6mg 64%
Calcium 662mg 66%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 77.3
    Points
  • 88
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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