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Recipe Chocolate Butterschnapps Cake (Cake)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/3 cups white sugar
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butterscotch schnapps, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup butterscotch chips
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
Preparing/Cooking:
- Melt unsweetened chocolate and butter or margarine in the top of a double boiler or in a bowl in the microwave.
- Stir until smooth.
- Set aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs well.
- Gradually add sugar, and beat until fluffy.
- Add cooled chocolate mixture slowly; mix well.
- Stir in 1/4 cup schnapps, almond extract, and vanilla.
- Briefly stir together flour, baking powder, and salt; gradually add flour mixture to chocolate mixture.
- Mix only to combine.
- Stir in chips with spatula.
- Divide batter into two greased and floured, 8 inch, round cake pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
- Cool for 10 minutes in the pans.
- Meanwhile, bring the cream to a boil in a medium saucepan.
- Remove from heat, and stir in 12 ounces chocolate chips.
- Cover, and let stand 10 minutes.
- Remove lid, and stir in amaretto.
- Remove layers from pans.
- Brush with remaining schnapps.
- Place one layer on a serving plate.
- Pour 1/3 of the glaze over the layer, and then place the second layer over the first.
- Pour remaining glaze over the whole cake.
- Decorate with slivered almonds.
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