{"id":25447,"date":"2019-06-17T06:02:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T10:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=25447"},"modified":"2019-06-17T06:02:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T10:02:04","slug":"chocolate-bavarian-torte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/06\/17\/chocolate-bavarian-torte\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Bavarian Torte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/06\/17\/chocolate-bavarian-torte\/chocbavariantorte\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ChocBavarianTorte.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"ChocBavarianTorte\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ChocBavarianTorte.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25448\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ChocBavarianTorte.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ChocBavarianTorte.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/ChocBavarianTorte.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s my neighbor&#8217;s birthday today, this is the cake I made for her celebration tonight. A three layer chocolate cake with a whipped cream icing with cream cheese, light brown sugar, topped with grated chocolate. It does require to be made ahead of time, as the frosting needs time to set, but it&#8217;s easy to make, and so good! <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 &#8211; 15.25 oz. box Duncan Hines Devil&#8217;s Food cake mix<\/li>\n<li>1 cup strong coffee, cooled<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>3 large eggs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 350\u00ba. Grease and lightly flour 3 &#8211; 9&#8243; pans and set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a large bowl, combine cake mix, coffee, butter and eggs &#8211; beat with an electric mixer on medium &#8211; high speed for two minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Divide batter among the three pans, and bake for 15 minutes. Test with a toothpick. Let cool in pans for 15 minutes, then turn out on a wire rack to completely cool.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups heavy whipping cream<\/li>\n<li>8 0z. cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>2\/3 cup light brown sugar, packed<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1\/8 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>2 tablespoons grated semi-sweet chocolate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large bowl with an electric mixer, whip heavy cream, set aside.<\/li>\n<li>In a separate medium sized bowl, beat cream cheese, light brown sugar, vanilla, and salt. Fold in whipped cream.<\/li>\n<li>Place bottom layer on a serving plate; top with a third of the cream mixture. Sprinkle with grated chocolate. Repeat with the other two layers. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.\n<div class=\"recipe-directions mobile-expand-section\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"recipe-nutrition-facts mobile-expand-section\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s my neighbor&#8217;s birthday today, this is the cake I made for her celebration tonight. A three layer chocolate cake with a whipped cream icing with cream cheese, light brown sugar, topped with grated chocolate. It does require to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2019\/06\/17\/chocolate-bavarian-torte\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238],"tags":[97,2643,4699,3302],"class_list":["post-25447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","tag-baking","tag-birthday-cakes","tag-layer-cakes","tag-neighbors"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-6Cr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23346,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2018\/03\/02\/chocolate-peanut-butter-mousse-cake\/","url_meta":{"origin":25447,"position":0},"title":"Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cake","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"March 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"We celebrated The Boy's birthday with pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw, Lay's Wavy chips, and finished it off with a chocolate peanut butter mousse cake. 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