Chocolate Truffle Cake

INGREDIENTS
• 16 oz unsweetened chocolate • ¾ cup whipping cream
• 1 cup, plus 6 Tb butter • 2 ½ cups water
• 3 large eggs • 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 2/3 cup flour • 2 cups sugar
• 1 ¼ tsp baking soda • ½ tsp salt
• 2 ½ cups powdered sugar • 8 oz semi-sweet chocolate
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 325 and grease three 9-inch pans
2. In a saucepan, heat 12 ounces of the unsweetened chocolate, 1 cup butter, and the water. When all is melted and smooth, remove from heat.
3. In a large bowl, whisk eggs and vanilla. Gradually beat in the chocolate. Add flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Beat until blended. Bake 25 min.
4. Filling: In a saucepan, heat remaining 4 squares chocolate until melted. Stir in confectioner’s sugar, butter, and ¼ cup of the cream.
5. When cakes are cooled, cut layers in half & spread the filling between
6. Frosting: Heat the remaining ½ cup cream and 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate until melted and smooth. Pour over the cake and spread

Soft Pretzels

Ingredients
• 4 teaspoons active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon white sugar • 1 ¼ warm water
• 5 cups all-purpose flour • ½ cup white sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt • 1 tbls oil
• 1/2 cup baking soda • 4 cups hot water
• 1/4 cup kosher salt, for topping
Directions
1. In a bowl, dissolve yeast and 1 teaspoon sugar in warm water for10 min
2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt. Make a well in the center; add the oil and yeast mixture. Mix and kneed till smooth
3. Let rise in a warm place until doubled in size, about 1 hour.
4. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a bowl, dissolve baking soda in water.
5. When risen, turn dough out onto and divide into 12 equal pieces. Roll each piece into a rope and twist into a pretzel shape.
6. Dip each pretzel into the baking soda solution & sprinkle w/kosher salt
7. Bake in preheated oven for 8 minutes, until browned.

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I am Lisa. This is me and my husband. I decided to start this blog so that I could keep a simple history of my life and hobbies. I previously had two blogs, one for my life, one for my food. It became too much to operate both blogs, so that is why I 
started this new one. Chocolate cake is my favorite food, hence the name.

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