CHURRO CAKE

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Churro cake has a vanilla base with cinnamon sugar, brown sugar cinnamon buttercream, and dark chocolate ganache.

Ingredients

BUTTERCREAM

brown sugar AP flour fine sea salt cinnamon milk unsalted butter vanilla extract

CINNAMON SWIRL

brown sugar AP flour cinnamon

Ingredients

CINNAMON CAKE

AP flour baking powder fine sea salt unsalted butter vegetable oil granulated sugar eggs sour cream vanilla extract milk

Ingredients

COATING

granulated sugar cinnamon unsalted butter

GANACHE

dark chocolate cream

STEP 1: For the buttercream, whisk the brown sugar, flour, salt, and cinnamon in a saucepan. Gradually add the milk, whisking until smooth.

STEP 2: Heat the mixture over medium heat, stirring constantly until it thickens. Then whisk faster until it’s custard-like.

STEP 3: Pour into a heat-safe container, cover, and allow it to cool to room temperature.

STEP 4: For the cinnamon sugar, combine brown sugar, AP flour and cinnamon and set aside.

STEP 5: For the cinnamon cake, beat the butter and sugar on high for 2 min. Add the oil and beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy.

STEP 6: Add the eggs one at a time. Mix in the vanilla and sour cream. Add half the dry ingredients, then milk, and then the remaining dry ingredients.

STEP 7: Divide half of the batter among 3 prepared 6-inch pans. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and add remaining batter and swirl with a knife.

STEP 8: Bake for 35min at 350F. Flip the cakes onto a cooling rack. Cool almost to room temperature. Wrap in plastic wrap and freeze.

STEP 9: For the buttercream, whisk butter at full speed until pale and fluffy. Add the cooled custard in 4 increments. Add vanilla and mix.

STEP 10: For the ganache, place chopped chocolate in a bowl. Bring the cream to a simmer over medium heat and pour over chocolate.

STEP 11: Stir the chocolate gently until it is completely melted. Allow to cool while you assemble the cake.

STEP 12: To assemble, roll the chilled cakes in cinnamon sugar. Spread a layer of chocolate ganache on the first layer.

STEP 13: Once it has set, pipe the buttercream on top of the chocolate. Top with the second layer of cake and repeat the same steps.

STEP 14: Place the third layer on top. Refrigerate the cake for 30 min. Drip melted chocolate on the edges of the top layer of cake.

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