Old Fashioned Malted Chocolate Cake

Name: Old Fashioned Malted Chocolate Cake | Recipes
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter or margarine (1-1/2 sticks), softened; 1-2/3 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Syrup; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa; 1-1/4 tsps baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp baking powder; 1 cup water; 1-1/2 cups WHOPPERS Malted Milk Balls, crushed, divided; 1/4 cup HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips; 1-1/2 tsps shortening (do NOT use butter, margarine, spread or oil)

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Details

Time: 2 hours
Skill Level: Intermediate
Yields: 1 cake

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Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Bake Time: 35 minutes
Cool Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

3/4 cup

butter or margarine (1-1/2 sticks), softened
1-2/3 cups

sugar
3

eggs
1 tsp

vanilla extract
1/3 cup

HERSHEY'S Syrup
2 cups

all-purpose flour
2/3 cup

HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/4 tsps

baking soda
1 tsp

salt
1/4 tsp

baking powder
1 cup

water
1-1/2 cups

WHOPPERS Malted Milk Balls, crushed, divided
Milk Chocolate Drizzle
1/4 cup

HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips
1-1/2 tsps

shortening (do NOT use butter, margarine, spread or oil)

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Add a Garnish

One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting

Step-By-Step Directions

Equipment Needed 

oven

9-inch baking pans

foil

mixing bowl

mixer

measuring cups

rubber scraper

wire rack

Heat oven to 350°F. Line two 9-inch round baking pans with foil, extending foil beyond pan edges. Grease and flour lined pans.

Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in mixer bowl; beat on medium speed until well blended. Add syrup; blend thoroughly. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder; add alternately with water to butter mixture, beating until blended. Add 1/2 cup crushed malted milk balls. Divide batter evenly into prepared pans.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately sprinkle 1/4 cup crushed malted milk balls over surface of each cake layer. Cool completely. Lift cake layers from pans; peel away foil.

Prepare One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting. Frost cake; sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup crushed malted milk balls over surface. Drizzle Milk Chocolate Drizzle over top.

Milk Chocolate Drizzle:

Combine 1/4 cup HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate Chips and 1-1/2 teaspoons shortening (do not use butter, margarine, spread or oil); gently heat until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred.

Variation:

One-Pan Cake: Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 350 F. Pour batter into prepared pan; sprinkle with 1/2 cup crushed malted milk balls. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool completely. Frost; top with remaining 1/2 cup crushed malted milk balls. Drizzle with Milk Chocolate Drizzle using 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 1 tablespoon shortening.

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