SPICED CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

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Adapted from another rum cake recipe as a chocolate layer cake.

Provided by sdraines

Categories Desserts Specialty Dessert Recipes Liqueur Dessert Recipes Rum

Time 2h5m

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 17

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Ingredients

1 ⅔ cups all-purpose flour
⅓ cup cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 pinch salt
1 ½ cups white sugar
½ cup butter, melted and cooled
3 eggs
¼ cup milk
¼ cup plain yogurt
¼ cup rum
1 cup butter, divided
¼ cup water
1 cup white sugar, divided
10 fluid ounces dark rum, divided
1 (1.55 ounce) bar milk chocolate, chopped

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
Mix flour, cocoa, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a large bowl.
Whisk sugar, melted butter, eggs, milk, yogurt, and rum together in a medium bowl until blended. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Pour in rum mixture, stirring until combined. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Allow to cool in the pans. Pierce cakes 15 to 20 times with a toothpick to prepare for rum glaze.
Melt 3/4 cup butter in water in a saucepan for rum glaze over medium-low heat. Bring to a slow boil. Stir in 3/4 cup sugar and continue to boil, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Let mixture cool for 5 minutes, then mix in 7 ounces of rum. Let cool for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, melt remaining 1/4 cup butter in another saucepan for chocolate glaze over medium-low heat. Bring to a slow boil. Stir in remaining sugar and continue to boil, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Let mixture cool for 5 minutes, then mix in remaining rum and chocolate bar until melted.
Pour rum glaze over the tops of the cakes while still in the pans. When tops are saturated, turn out onto plates and drizzle more on the bottoms. Repeat until all rum glaze is used. Spread the melted chocolate glaze over the bottom of the cake and then put on the top layer. Spread any remaining chocolate glaze over the top for a nice, dark sheen.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 465 calories, Carbohydrate 50.9 g, Cholesterol 93.5 mg, Fat 22.4 g, Fiber 1.3 g, Protein 4.1 g, SaturatedFat 13.7 g, Sodium 309.4 mg, Sugar 38.1 g