Salted Caramel-chocolate Fudge Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 cup cocoa
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 cups butter
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon course sea salt

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl whisk 1 cup boiling water 1 cup cocoa.
• 2 in a separate bowl 3/4 cup butter 1 ½ cups brown sugar ½ cup sugar.
• 3 beat until fluffy add 2 eggs 1 t vanilla.
• 4 beat in cocoa mixture and add 1 3/4 cup flour 1 1/4 t baking soda 1 1/4 cup buttermilk.
• 5 beat and pour in 2 8" cake pans greased and line the bottom with parchment paper.
• 6 bake 25-30 minutes cool 10 minutes then remove from pan.
• 7 frosting melt 1 cup chocolate chips, cool, set aside.
• 8 in a bowl, stir ½ cup dark brown sugar ½ cup light brown sugar 2 t milk 1 t vanilla, let stand.
• 9 in a separate bowl beat until fluffy 2 cups butter.
• 10 add brown sugar mixture and chocolate, gradually beat in 2 cups icing sugar.
• 11 beat till fluffy 3 minutes.
• 12 put cake together with 1 cup frosting spreading frosting on sides and top of the cakes.
• 13 sprinkle with ½ t coarse sea salt.