Opels Chocolate Stack Cake Recipes

OPEL'S CHOCOLATE STACK CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Combine both flours, baking soda and baking powder and set aside.
• 2. CAKE: Beat eggs in a large mixer bowl and add sugar, stirring to mix. In a seperate bowl, combine buttermilk and oil, mixing well. Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately to egg mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour 2/3 cup batter into greased and floured round cake pans (I use 8" pans). Bake at 350 for 8 minutes or until layers begin to brown around edges. Allow to cool in pans 5 minutes, remove cake from pans and stack layers, placing a paper towel between each layer. Repeat with remaining batter until 10 layers are baked. PLEASE NOTE: Prepare icing after layers are baked.
• 3. ICING: Combine sugar & cocoa in a large heavy saucepan. Add milk & combine well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until sugar melts. Add butter, stirring until melted. Allow to come to a boil then continue boiling for 7 minutes. Remove from heat then add in vanilla. Icing will be thin at this point but will harden later. Ice cooled layers while icing is warm.
• 4. ASSEMBLE: Start stacking layers and be generous with icing between layers because there is plenty. Once last layer is on top, ice generously. Icing will run down the cake, which actually will ice the sides. Keep spooning icing back on top as it puddles.
• 5. Note: the icing will start to get gooey as it cools but then will harden later. This cake is better made the day before serving. This allows the icing to harden properly. If you can't make it a day ahead, make it in the morning to serve that evening.

HOMEMADE CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat water and butter until butter is melted. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the egg mixture. Beat for 2 minutes. , Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking pan. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

OLD-FASHIONED STACK CAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, ginger, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with molasses and buttermilk, beating well after each addition., Drop 2 scant 1/4 cupfuls of batter, at least 7 in. apart, onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. With well-floured fingers, pat each into a 5- to 6-in. circle. Bake 2-3 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from pans to wire racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining batter., To assemble, place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 2 tablespoons apple butter. Repeat layers 4 times; top with a sixth layer. Repeat to make 2 more stack cakes. Refrigerate, covered, until serving. If desired, serve with additional apple butter.

CHOCOLATE SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and side of 9-inch round pan or 8-inch square pan with shortening; lightly flour.
• In medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In small bowl, stir oil, vinegar and vanilla until well mixed. Vigorously stir oil mixture and coffee into flour mixture about 1 minute or until well blended. Immediately pour into pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes. Serve warm or cool with ice cream.

CHOCOLATE ALABAMA STACK CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: 1. Position rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350°F. Lightly butter as many 9-inch round cake pans as you have-you want to create a total of 10 layers, baking 2 or 3 layers at a time. If you only have two or three pans, cool them between batches and butter them again as needed. 2. Sift the flour, salt, & baking powder into a small bowl; stir to combine well. Set aside. 3. Put chocolate in the top of a double boiler over low heat; the water should never be hotter than a simmer. Stir the chocolate with a silicone spatula until it melts, scraping down the sides as necessary. Remove from heat. 4. In a large mixing bowl beat the butter & sugar on medium speed until light and creamy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating until smooth after each addition. Reduce speed to low; add the sifted dry ingredients 1 cup at a time, beating until incorporated. Add evaporated milk & melted chocolate; beat just to combine. Add water & vanilla, beating until well combined. 5. Place scant 2/3 cup batter in each prepared cake pan; use the back of a spoon or an offset spatula to spread the batter evenly. Bake 2 or 3 layers at a time for 8 to 9 minutes-a layer is done when you hold it near your ear and do not hear it sizzle. Allow the layers to cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Turn them out onto baking racks, using a metal spatula to ease them out of the pans, and let cool completely. Icing: Combine sugar & evaporated milk in medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add chocolate & butter and heat, stirring, until they've melted. Increase the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes, until the mixture has emulsified and is smooth. stirring to combine. Icing will be thin, but it will thicken as it cools. Assemble: 1. Place 1 layer on a cake plate & spread 2 or 3 spoonfuls of icing on top. Repeat with remaining layers. Then cover top & sides. Let cake stand for 1 hour before serving.

CHOCOLATE OATRAGE SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl, mix butter or margarine, flour, oats, brown sugar, eggs, walnuts, and vanilla. Beat 3 min at medium speed or until mixture is light and fluffy. Stir in one c Nestle Tollhouse Morsels. Spread batter in 8 in square microwave safe baking dish; cover dish w/ wax paper. Cook on high power 4 minutes, rotate 1/4 tun. Cook on high power 4-5 min longer or until top of cake appears dry and/or bottom of cake is an even color. Sprinkle remaining chocolate morsels over top of warm cake. Let stand 10 min, then spread chocolate evenly over cake. Cool directly on counter top. Cut into serving pieces.