Dark Chocolate Malt Snack Cake
This dark chocolate malt snack cake is perfect for just about any occasion! Make it for a birthday, celebration, or just a random Saturday night. It's a bowl and whisk kind of recipe that bakes up into a super moist & ultra chocolatey snack cake. The malted milk powder in both the cake and the frosting helps to keep the cake soft and gives this dessert that nostalgic malt flavor that brings you back to eating whoppers and drinking malted milkshakes as a kid. This cake is seriously a must bake! Plus, as a snacking cake, it's completely acceptable to eat it at any time of day!
Ingredients
For the Snack Cake
- 30 gram30 gram30 gram Cocoa Powder, dutch process
- 12 gram12 gram12 gram Cocoa Powder, black cocoa powder
- 100 gram100 gram100 gram Dark Chocolate
- 100 gram100 gram100 gram strongly brewed Coffee
- 140 gram140 gram140 gram All Purpose Flour
- 100 gram100 gram100 gram Malted Milk Powder
- 100 gram100 gram100 gram Granulated White Sugar
- 45 gram45 gram45 gram Brown Sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp1 1/2 tsp1 1/2 tsp Espresso Powder
- 1 tsp1 tsp1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp1/2 tsp1/2 tsp Salt
- 65 gram65 gram65 gram Vegetable Oil, or other neutral oil
- 60 gram60 gram60 gram Whole Milk, room temp
- 60 gram60 gram60 gram Plain Greek Yogurt, room temp
- 222 Eggs, room temp
- 1 tsp1 tsp1 tsp Vanilla Paste, or extract
For the Frosting
- 333 Egg Yolk
- 50 gram50 gram50 gram Granulated White Sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp1 1/2 Tbsp1 1/2 Tbsp Water
- 113 gram113 gram113 gram Unsalted Butter, room temp
- 113 gram113 gram113 gram Dark Chocolate
- 50 gram50 gram50 gram Malted Milk Powder
- 1/4 tsp1/4 tsp1/4 tsp Salt
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Process
Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results
For the Snack Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9x9 inch square pan with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, combine the cocoa powders, chocolate, and hot coffee together. If the chocolate does not fully melt, heat in the microwave in 20 second intervals until fully melted.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, malted milk powder, sugars, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt.
- To the dry ingredients, add the oil, milk, yogurt, eggs and vanilla. Whisk until fully combined.
- Add in the chocolate mixture and whisk until fully combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in the pan for a few minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
For the Frosting
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, add the egg yolks and whisk on medium-high speed until thick and foamy.
- Meanwhile, heat the sugar and water in a small frying pan over low heat, stirring constantly until the sugar dissolves. Increase the heat to medium and bring to a boil, or until it reaches 240 degrees F. Do not let it get any hotter.
- While the egg yolks are still whisking on low speed, slowly drizzle the hot sugar syrup into the bowl. Turn the speed up to high and continue mixing until it has cooled down below 85 degrees F.
- Add the butter to the mixture one cube at a time, allowing each piece to fully incorporate before adding another.
- Add the melted chocolate, malted milk powder, and salt, and mix until fully combined.
- Spread the frosting over the cooled snack cake, cut into 16 squares, and enjoy!
Notes
If you do not have black cocoa powder, you can use just 42g of dutch process cocoa powder. The frosting is my favorite french buttercream recipe with malted milk powder mixed in. You can leave out the milk powder if you'd rather have a thicker frosting that you can create swoops with. Store this cake in an air-tight container at room temperature.
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Cakes Coconut Free Nightshade Free Nut Free Pescetarian Shellfish Free Sugar Alcohol Free VegetarianThis is our estimate based on online research. | |
Calories: | 209 |
Fat: | 11 g |
Carbohydrates: | 25 g |
Protein: | 5 g |
Cholesterol: | 50 g |
Sodium: | 172 mg |
Fiber: | 1 g |
Sugars: | 19 g |
Sugar Alcohol: | 0 g |
Calculated per serving. |
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