November is Happy Birthday for Tea Time Treats:
Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake Recipe
November is Happy Birthday for Tea Time Treats:
Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake Recipe
Can you believe it, ONE whole year has flown by in a flurry of cakes, pies, tarts, fairy cakes, jam, bread, brioche, pastries, buttercream, parkin, chocolate, custard, biscuits, cookies, fruit, cherries, icing, marzipan, scones, pancakes, berries and booze! Yes, it is Happy Birthday to Tea Time Treats, which is ONE year old this month! When I first thought of the idea a year ago, I had a feeling that it may prove popular, but the popularity of this monthly baking challenge has far exceeded my expectations, and Kate (my lovely co-host) and I would like to say a HUGE and HEARTFELT thanks to all of you who have joined in over the past year and made this challenge so successful. You only have to look at past round-up posts to see what an amazing array of recipes have been made, and all in the name of Tea Time Treats!
Here is a link to our very FIRST challenge last November: GINGER and BONFIRE TREATS and we had an incredible THIRTY FOUR entries, from Parkin to Cheesecakes and Bonfire Pies to Ginger Biscuits! So, what is the theme for our FIRST BIRTHDAY Tea Time Treats? Well, it can only be ONE thing, the theme is:
CAKE!
Vanilla, Strawberry & Rose Victoria Sponge Cake
And, I have made my cake already, a BIG FAT Chocolate Fudge Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream Icing, the recipe is below!
Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake
Kate and I are looking for any type of cake, BUT, a Celebration Cake would be WONDERFUL, and there will be a PRIZE for the BEST cake recipe and post submitted, the prize is a copy of Mary Berry’s Ultimate Cake Book
So, what are you waiting for, liberate those candles, and get weighing that flour and sugar, bake us a cake, and don’t forget, ANY cake is great, but a celebration cake would be FAB darlinks!
Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake
Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake
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| Serves | 10 to 12 slices |
| Prep time | 30 minutes |
| Cook time | 30 minutes |
| Total time | 1 hour |
| Allergy | Egg, Wheat |
| Dietary | Vegetarian |
| Meal type | Dessert |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Gourmet, Pre-preparable, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Birthday Party, Casual Party, Christmas, Easter, Formal Party, Thanksgiving, Valentines day |
| Region | British |
| By author | Karen S Burns-Booth |
This stunning layer cake is in fact an easy all -in-one cake mixture, which results in a deep, dark chocolate fudge cake with a salted caramel buttercream icing. Sophisticated enough for any birthday or formal party, and yet perfect for Sunday afternoon tea time and the family. Decorate the cake as you like - I used small fudge chunks, grated chocolate and some chocolate coated almonds.
Ingredients
Optional
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
CAKE
- 140g crème fraiche
- 125g unsalted butter
- 200g soft dark brown sugar
- 2 drops vanilla extract
- 4 free-range eggs
- 170g plain flour
- 50g cocoa powder (not hot chocolate)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Salted Caramel Buttercream Icing
- 125g salted butter
- 2 drops vanilla extract
- 250g golden icing sugar
- 1/2 jar (190g) confiture de lait (Dulce de Leche, I used Bonne Maman)
Filling
- 1/2 jar (190g) confiture de lait (Dulce de Leche, I used Bonne Maman)
Note
This stunning layer cake is in fact an easy all -in-one cake mixture, which results in a deep, dark chocolate fudge cake with a salted caramel buttercream icing. Sophisticated enough for any birthday or formal party, and yet perfect for Sunday afternoon tea time and the family. Decorate the cake as you like - I used small fudge chunks, grated chocolate and some chocolate coated almonds.
Directions
| Step 1 | This is a very easy all-in-one cake mixture. First preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4 and grease and line two 20cm (8") sandwich cake tins (loose bottom ones are best) |
| Step 2 | Put all of the chocolate fudge cake ingredients into a large mixing bowl and beat well for 3 to 4 minutes with an electric hand whisk, or for 5 to 6 minutes by hand. The mixture is ready when the batter is smooth and fluffy. |
| Step 3 | Spoon the mixture into the prepared cake tins and level the tops with the back of a spoon, leaving a slight dip in the middle of the cakes so they rise evenly. Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until the cakes are well risen and are shrinking away from the sides of the cake tins. Remove from the oven an allow to cool in the tins for about 10 minutes, before removing them from the tins and cooling completely on wire racks. |
| Step 4 | To make the salted caramel buttercream icing, put the icing sugar and butter into a bowl with the vanilla extract and whisk until light and fluffy, for about 2 to 3 minutes, Then add the confiture de lait (dulce de Leche) bit by bit, whisking well after each spoonful, check the flavour and add some extra salt if you want it slightly saltier. Set to one side to firm up. |
| Step 5 | Once the cakes are cold, cut each cake into half, and then place one of the cake halves onto a serving platter or cake stand. Spread some of the confiture de lait (dulce de leche) over the cake and then add some salted caramel buttercream icing, and repeat for all the layers until the top cake has been added, Using a palette knife, swirl the remaining buttercream all over the cake, tops and sides and then decorate. |
| Step 6 | I decorated mine with chocolate coated almonds, grated chocolate and some fudge chunks. |
Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake
So, with a FLURRY of FAIRY CAKES, I officially announce that November’s Tea Time Treats Baking Blog Challenge is OPEN!
And, for a Lush round-up of last months PRESERVES, visit Kate over at What Kate Baked
LET’S BAKE!
Karen
Tea Time Treats Rules and Guidelines:
1. Post your recipe on your blog with a link to Lavender and Lovage and What Kate Baked, mention the relevant month’s host, that’s Lavender and Lovage this month and attach the Tea Time Treats logo as shown on the event page.
2. Add Tea Time Treats in your blog post as a category, label or tag.
3. The recipe can be one of your own or one you’ve seen elsewhere. You are welcome to republish old recipes/posts but please add the information about this challenge.
4. Please be as creative with the theme as you like.
4. If you put your post on twitter please mention @KarenBurnsBooth @katecakeandbake and #teatimetreats in your message and we will retweet all those we see.
5. You do not need to enter every month to join in with the challenge.
6. Your post can be submitted for other blogging challenges, just make sure this complies with the rules of the other challenge.
VIP:
By way of making entries simpler, and so Kate and I DON’T miss emails in the future, we are testing a new system of entering your recipes this month; ADD your recipe link to the Simply Linked box below; it’s EASY and then all I have to do it swoop around at the end of the month the gather them all up for my MEGA ROUND UP!
NOTE: For the links to work, you MUST have linked back to me for this challenge, as mentioned in the guidelines above! The link for Lavender and Lovage is: http://lavenderandlovage.com and the link for this month’s challenge is: http://wp.me/p287Dn-35d
LINK UP BELOW:
Karen S Booth
Happy Birthday to TTT – love it. Love that glorious cake of yours too Karen. you always make your cakes look so lush. And since making mine, I am a big fan of salted caramel cake.
Thanks Choclette! The cake is a real cheat as it is just bung it all in a bowl and whisk, but it’s so moist and the salted caramel is a divine addition, as you already know!
Karen
excellent theme this month and a very happy birthday to you!… congrats, it is a fabulous challenge and I love taking part.. can you believe it’s been a year already… how time flies when you’re having fun!… plus I get an excuse to bake a cake just for you. xxx
Thanks Dom, hasn’t it flown by, doesn’t seem like a year ago that I started this……time does indeed fly when you are having fun and eating cake! Karen
Happy birthday to tea time treats! Your cake looks heavenly, Karen! I am a sucker for anything with salted caramel in it!
Thanks Charlotte, me too, love anything with salted caramel! Karen
OMG that cake looks and sounds amazing! My husband’s birthday next month – I am going to give it a whirl for sure
Thanks, it was a lovely cake, all gone now, but delicious whilst it lasted! Karen
That cake looks gorgeous Karen! I’m sure there must be an opportunity to make a cake sometime in November! Congrats to you and Kate on a really good challenge, there are many things I wouldn’t have bothered to make without the competition of a challenge, long may you continue.
Thanks Janice, I a so pleased that you have discovered new recipes through the challenge too, this nice to know! Kate and I have already scheduled the next 12 months themes too, there’s some tasty themes! Karen
Yay!! Happy Birthday Tea Time Treats! A whole 12 months old- marvellous! xx
Thanks for being such a lovely co-host Kate, it wouldn’t be the same without you!
Congratulations on such a fabulous year, I love seeing all the recipes every month! And this cake is pretty much my ideal cake!
Thanks Kathryn, glad that the challenge provides cakey and bakery inspiration! Karen
Congratulations on an event that just keeps getting bigger and better. As a once in a blue moon cake baker (you know I’m a savoury gal) I still appreciate the beautiful and calorific exploits of you and your many readers. This cake really got my attention, but I thought it looked quite tricky. But pleasantly surprised with its simplicity and use of a ‘cheats’ ingredient. Delia would be proud! May just have to make this one and share it some friends. Cheers to you and Kate!
Thanks Kellie – me too, I am also a savoury gal too, cheese and pies are my downfall! But, now and then, I do like a slice of cake……Karen
Happy Birthday to TTT – can’t believe it’s been a year already, time really does fly when you’re having fun
I’ve really enjoyed joining the challenge and don’t think I’ve missed one yet. I LOVE birthdays and I LOVE cake and it just happens that I’ve got 2 gorgeous birthday cakes to share this month. Is there a limit to entries? You are going to be completely inundated with cake!! I’ll try to restrain myself ;-P
Thanks Ros, that is fabulous! No limit on how may entries you can submit, so I look forward with great anticipation to your cakes…..mmmmmm! You are a gold member of the TTT club, and thanks so much for your support over the last year……Karen
Your gorgeous cake caught my eye which I am definitely going to try and then see if i can bake something to celebrate the Teat Time Treats too as there’s always room for cake in this house
Thanks Mari, it would be lovely to see any TTT cakes that you manage to make for this special birthday month! Karen
Happy Birthday Tea Time Treats! The cake looks absolutely delicious and the photo’s so clear and enticing. I’ll be looking through my cookbooks in a bit : ) Have a lovely weekend!
Thanks Vanessa, the cake was really quite easy to make, with the help of some Bonne Maman configure de last, caramel! Karen
Happy Birthday TTT – that cake looks to die for good
That does look like a particularly delicious cake Karen – I do love the way the filling is all oozy and delicious. Chocolate and fudge sounds like a great combo. I already know exactly which cake I’m going to submit for this, I think it’ll be perfect. Congrats on your first successful year of Teatime Treats – it feels like it’s been going much longer – surely the sign of a well-established challenge!
Thanks Caroline, and a big thanks for all of your lovley entries over the last year too. Can’t wait to see what you have in store for this month. Karen
Love it Karen, well done and many happy returns to both you and Kate for what is the fantastic TTT challenge. That cake of yours looks absolutely gorgeous….Wow!
Thanks Laura, it doesn’t seem like a year ago when we first started, and since then there have been hundreds of amazingly tasty recipes entered….Karen
Dear Karen and Kate,
congratulation with your excellent and quiet funny blog challenge
I really appreciate all the work, which you are putting into this virtual tea table. Right now I am in the thinking box, which kind of cake, which I should bake for this 1 year birthday. I wish many happy tea tables to come for Tea Time Treat.
Many tea greetings Kirsten
Thanks so much Kirsten, your comments have made my day…..it is so nice to hear that you love Tea Time Treats challenge so much, and I need to thank you for your loyal support and all the amazing cakes and bakes you have made over the last year! Thank you too!
Kate and I can’t wait to see what you come up with…..Karen xxxx
Wow – twelve months already? Congratulations Karen and Kate. I’ve added my link to my Gingerbread Cottage as suggested by Karen. Thank you for kindly inviting me – I’m not sure it’s ‘cakey’ enough, but perhaps it is apt as your first challenge was ginger! Anyway – heres to another twelve months of our favourite tea time!
This is delicious looking concoction is going to be one of the first ‘new’ recipes I try for a long time, it will fit perfectly with my family’s tastes and doesn’t have to be delicately sculpted, perfect.
Thanks Sally, DO let me know if you make this and I hope you enjoy it too! Karen
wow, sounds amazing! looks amazing too!
This sounds like heaven, but I can’t wait until November to make it, I may have to make it in January so I will have it to perfection by November!
This recipe sounds so good! going to have to get my OH to try it.
This Chocolate cake looks amazing! It’s my daughters birthday in February this would be the perfect cake!
Thanks Andrea, do let me know if you make it! Karen
I will have to try this, lots of birthdays coming up at the beginning of the year and one heavily pregnant mouth to feed myself
this cake looks amazing, I will have to try it! We recently made a choclate fudge cake and substituted some of the butter with apple sauce to cut a few calories! still tastes good!
That’s a great idea, may try that!
This looks scrumptious, have bookmarked it in my recipes I must try this year.
Wow – this looks amazing! I think I might make it for my friends’ Birthday in a few weeks time. x
Oh my goodness! Salted caramel is my new favourite so I’m going to bake this for some friends who are visiting tomorrow
Thanks Alicia!
Now this looks wonderful. Love salted caramel and have never seen it in a cake. Will definitely give this a go.
I hope you like it Sharon!
This cake looks absolutely divine!! Wonder if I can talk my husband into attempting it for my upcoming birthday…
I hope he manages to make it for you Hannah!
Oh wow….this looks amazing! I’m going to send my friends the link in the hope that someone will make one for my birthday next month
I DO hope they do make it for you Ally!
Oh my, the Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge cake looks simply divine! I can see that hanging round here is going to be seriously bad for my waist line……
This is a delicious cake, but, it is dangerous for dieters!
It’s my birthday in March so may leave this recipe in the kitchen as a hint for my husband to make it
That cake looks and sounds amazing!!!
Just spotted this recipe – on payday I shall go buy the ingredients and bake to celebrate the end of January!!!
Thanks Eleanor, I hope you enjoy it! Karen
Wow ! Only just found this, as it was at the bottom of a feed I was following. A fantastic recipe that I (almost) have the ingredients to try today. I feel new year’s resolutions flying out of the window ! Just out of interest have you tried Coca cola cake ? It sounds awful, but the few recipes I have found have raved about it.
This sounds fantastic, but a bit beyond my skills I’m afraid. Hows about you bake it, I’ll eat it?
Next time I make it I will let you know! Lol!
This looks great. I’ve been looking for a valentine recipe and this looks perfect!
WOw this loos amazing!
OH WOW!!! The Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake looks absolutely divine! I will have to give this a try soon.
This cake looks & sounds amazing, I will actually try to make this.
The cake looks delicious. This is definitely one to make for my Daughter’s Birthday
Wow this cake looks outstandingly amazing! I know I’ll be making it for my Hubby’s birthday just so I get to try it!
Ooooh this looks yum! Dads birthday next month! Will be making this one!!
This cake looks so scrummy!! Im going to have to give this recipe a go! Perhaps for mothers day
What a beautiful cake, I still haven’t got around to attempting it myself, but I still think about it at least twice a week
Mmm this recipe looks delicious. This is on my list to be made very soon x
This looks gorgeous. I’m not normally that keen on baking cakes but this has tempted me to get back into the kitchen.
I love the look of this cake and even more that it looks quite easy to make.
It’s my birthday in November and my other half made me a chocolate cake with beetroot – 2013 has got to be the year of salted caramel
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this is heaven
now this would be a lovely treat. Very unusual but i bet the flavours go together very well. I am looking for recipes for this coming year so will keep this as a definite
I’ve still not tried salted caramel, but I do love salt, and caramel, so maybe this is the place to start. Bet my gran would like it too, she’s 97 and loves salt AND chocolate, so perhaps the two of them in one is her thing.
Wow! 97! What a great age – maybe this is just the cake to make for her next birthday! Karen
Far too long to wait, I think we’ll have to make it for when we go up to visit in March on my Mum’s birthday. Seems like a perfect time to try it. I’ll let you know how it goes and what everyone thinks of it.
Practice run this week! Well, I need to make sure it’s okay, it’s not just for my benefit…
This looks delicious
This looks gorgeous and has made me realise that I’ve never actually made an all in one cake where you just mix everything together, really must have a go!
I think this cake is going to be perfect for a Valentine’s Day dessert for my family. Is there a better way to say I love you, than with chocolate. Absolutely gorgeous!
Chocolate Fudge Cake AND Salted Caramel?? I’m in heaven!
I suddenly feel very hungry!
Chocolate Cake … (arrived here via the Round Milk Loaf!) This is all just too much excitement – off to see what else you have on this fab website!
OMG that looks good!
wow this looks absolutely divine!
your cake looks and sounds amazing i would never of thought of putting caramel and salt together
this looks absolutely amazing
This looks like something my husband would make me if I asked nicely!!
Wow, this looks amazing
I just want to eat this cake, am definitely going to save it for my birthday cake in a couple of weeks – looks amazing!!
I have died and gone to cake heaven!
This chocolate cake looks delicious but I bet it’s awfully sinful
But hey, who cares it’s great for a treat and I’m all for spoiling myself from time to time.
Definitely going to try making this cake for my daughter’s birthday.
That Salted Caramel and Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake looks lushty and ive printed the recipe as well, i like these blogs
OMG i need this cake!!! x
I’m pretty new to the world of cake-making, I have always been a pastries girl myself! But this looks absolutely divine! I actually found you by accident but so glad I did! Been going through some of your sumptuous looking recipes and at a loss to know which gorgeous recipe I should try first!! But all my family have decided that I try this!
We have three birthdays coming up, so I’ll have a lot of practise! 
Thanks! I look forward to reading much more!
Wow, the cake looks amazing, would have loved to have tasted it! Happy Belated Birthday! x
Wow! That cake looks absolutely fabulous! I’m going to have a go at baking this one I think!
Sounds gorgeous will have to have a go at recreating it myself
This sounds amazing! I’m not at this standard with baking but my friend is so I may have to make many hints for my birthday cake!
OMG that choc cake looks so mouth watering i thimk as it is school hols me and the kids are gonna do some baking i really have to try your recipe
I recently bought a jar of salted caramel from a cider farm in France and have fallen in love with it so this is one recipe I will definately be trying out.
must try this, it looks so yummy
This looks so tasty…def need to make it
I wish I had seen this in November. My birthday is in November & I would have loved to have tried one of these recipes for it!
O my goodness this looks so fabulous why have I found this when I’m trying to diet?!! I suppose I could share but honestly I wouldn’t want to! This is my all time dream cake and its going to be my mums birthday cake in a few weeks time! Have to practice before then though my mum always says practice makes perfect!!
This cake looks absolutely amazing!!!
The salted caramel and chocolate birthday cake sounds delicious – my only problem is that we have a small Tesco where we are and I haven’t been able to get the Bonne Maman Dulce de Leche confiture de lait yet. I love salted chocolate/caramel recipes but it strikes me they are a fairly new idea?
Wow, that would make a beautiful treat for anyone’s birthday!
Might have to make (and eat!) one of these before lent comes along!… looks delicious!!
wow that cake is so my cup of tea, I know what my next bake is going to be!!
That cake looks incredible! I’m salivating, yum.
Happy birthday to TTT
I made this for my birthday yesterday – just gorgeous! Shared on twitter fionalmatters
Happy Belated Birthday Fiona and I saw the tweet, and RT’d it!
Karen
I have shared this post for thorntons competition entry
I have just tweeted about this to my friends in the hope that someone will make it for me
So I made this for my birthday and it was sooo appreciated. I made it as a 6×8 inch square – just cos I find it easier to keep and cut square tins. I made the dulce du leche myself so felt smug about that. Unfortunately I put all the icing together at once so it was a little… crunchy and granular. Still nice though and gives me an excuse to have another go in a bit! The other half ADORED it!
Shared on twitter.
WOW – caramel and fudge, would like a cake like this for my birthday
meant to say, ive tweeted it too, so hopefully mum will see it
post shared on twitter https://twitter.com/SmokinHerbz1/status/303629164148322305
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XOXO
Shared on Twitter – looks amazing!
Oh My God!!! This cake looks so so so good Thank you so much for the recipe
Tweeted it
Tweeted it again I really hope people get the message and make me this cake
Yummy! Shared via G+1 Tracy K Nixon
shared on facebook.Andrew Petrie
I have shared by twitter as @jessups
Wish someone had made me this for my birthday!
Tweeted @tracyknixon
Such a lovely cake. I have tweeted you my version (which doesn’t look nearly as pretty it has to be said!)
Shared on Twitter as @Tracyknixon
Tweeted as @maisietoo
https://twitter.com/maisietoo/status/307393941030977536
shared here https://twitter.com/SmokinHerbz1/status/307654230506893312
shared on Fb as Tracy K Nixon thanks
Wow! This sounds really indulgent!
Tweeted about this recipe.
shared again via Twitter @tracyknixon
Looks so good! I am sharing this post by twitter @jessups
Looks lovely! Shared on twitter
Shared on Twitter
I loved this so much I’ve just decided to find an excuse to make it again. Going to make it for my parents when they come round in a couple of weeks to see my new flat (moving on Friday!). Shared on Google+