This is a recipe that comes to me from Dayton, Virginia's wonderful Old Order Mennonite community. Just a neat, neat place. And this recipe is for your basic Mennonite or Amish chocolate cake topped with a thick layer of chocolate-caramel frosting. I think what makes this recipe more interesting than your average chocolate cake is the addition of chocolate milk as an ingredient in the frosting. This cake sounds amazing, so if anyone wants a sweet treat this, this is a good bet. Pictured here is a chocolate caramel cake that I picked up at a Mennonite bakery that uses basically the same recipe, this cake in the photo is just a miniature version of the larger one.
Amish Chocolate Caramel Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour, sifted
- 2 cups sugar
- ¾ cups cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup hot coffee
- 1 cup milk
- 2 eggs
Caramel Frosting
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup chocolate milk
- 2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Melt butter in pan.
- Mix together first 5 ingredients
- .Make a well in the center and add next four ingredients.
- Beat just enough to mix well).
- Pour into greased 9" layer pans.
- Bake 25-35 min at 350
Frosting
- :Mix butter and brown sugar and heat over low in a saucepan.Add milk and continue stirring until mixture comes to a boil
- .Remove from heat and cool.Add powdered sugar until frosting reaches spreading consistency.
Jackie
Sounds good!!!! can a 13x9 pan be used?
Kevin
Yes, Jackie, a 13X9 should work fine!
Pat Em
I made this today in a 9x13 pan and it worked out just fine! The frosting I found a bit too sweet and will cut back just a bit on the brown sugar next time. I think 3/4 cup should be fine and still give it a nice rich caramel flavor. The cake has a nice texture and is nice and moist. Thank you for sharing the recipe Kevin!
Kevin Williams
Thanks for telling me, Pat, glad you enjoyed it...I like that cake, but you are right dialing back on the brown sugar a bit won't hurt the cake, sounds sensible!