Mr. T asked for something different for his birthday this year. Something different from the Perfect Chocolate Cake. *GASP* This is the cake that our whole relationship is based upon. The first time I made this cake for him nearly sixteen years ago that sealed the deal for him. He was never letting me go. So, when he asked for something different I was rather shocked. Mr. T doesn't ask for much, so I got over it pretty quickly and set out looking for something new and different.
Dr Pepper is his favourite pop and I stumbled upon lots of recipes for the cake and icing. I mixed up various different ones to get a combination that I thought worked best and for ingredients that I had on hand.
I made a lot of icing. I reduced 6 cups of Dr Pepper to about 1/3 of a cup even. I was just shy of being able to decorate the entire top of the cake with the "kisses". If we weren't already late I would have pulled it off and started again.
As you can see he was happy with the cake and with the angle I took the shot at you don't see that the entire top isn't covered. All in all, it was good to try something different, to kick it up a notch.
Here's my adaptation recipe of what I found on the web. I can't find the link that I used for the cake. The icing is from The Pioneer Woman Cooks - A Year of Holidays cookbook.
Dr Pepper is his favourite pop and I stumbled upon lots of recipes for the cake and icing. I mixed up various different ones to get a combination that I thought worked best and for ingredients that I had on hand.
I made a lot of icing. I reduced 6 cups of Dr Pepper to about 1/3 of a cup even. I was just shy of being able to decorate the entire top of the cake with the "kisses". If we weren't already late I would have pulled it off and started again.
As you can see he was happy with the cake and with the angle I took the shot at you don't see that the entire top isn't covered. All in all, it was good to try something different, to kick it up a notch.
Here's my adaptation recipe of what I found on the web. I can't find the link that I used for the cake. The icing is from The Pioneer Woman Cooks - A Year of Holidays cookbook.
Dr.
Pepper Texas Chocolate Cake
Cake:
2 cups sifted
flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup dark
brown sugar
1 cup unsweetened
cocoa powder
1 ½ t baking
soda
1 cup Dr.
Pepper
½ cup chocolate
chips
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup vegetable
oil
1 ½ t vanilla
Icing:
4 cups Dr. Pepper
1.5 cup
butter, softened
2 ½ cup icing sugar
1
tsp
vanilla
·
Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake
pans.
· Sift together the flour, sugar, brown sugar, cocoa, and baking
soda into a bowl and set aside.
·
Pour the Dr. Pepper into a small saucepan and add the chocolate
chips. Heat on low, stirring often, until the chips are just melted. Pull off
the heat and set aside.
·
Combine the eggs, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla in a mixer bowl
and mix on medium speed until combined, about 2 minutes. With the mixer
running, slowly pour in the Dr. Pepper-chocolate mixture and continue beating
until combined, about 1 minute.
·
Drop the mixer speed back to low and gradually add the dry
ingredients. Pop the speed back up to medium and beat 2 minutes more.
·
Divide the batter between the 2 pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, or
until a toothpick poked into the center comes out clean. Cool the layers in the
pans for 10 minutes.
·
Boil 4 cups of Dr. Pepper in a small
saucepan over medium heat until it has reduced to about 1/2 cup. 20 to 25
minutes. (I actually had my temp on medium high and reduced the soda for about
1 hour) Set aside to cool completely.
·
Add butter to mixer and then add in icing
sugar, and vanilla.
·
Mix on medium high speed for 3-5 minutes,
scraping bowl as needed.
·
With mixer on low, add in Dr. Pepper
reduction and blend completely. Spread over cooled cake.
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