Attention Chocoholics - Recipes You Really Must Try!

Who does not love chocolate?  Yes there are many of you out there, I even recognize one or two myself. however even those that are not chocolate crazies like a number of us, still am fond of it once in awhile.  Whichever catagory you work into, here are some recipes you actually got to try!  There are soooo yummy!  The crunch bars solely have a chocolate coating for those of you who don't desire an excessive amount of of it!

CARAMEL CHOCOLATE CRUNCH BARS

1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/4 cup butter, softened

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 fast cooking oats

1/2 cup Grape-Nuts cereal

1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping

1/4 cup miniature chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line an 8-inch sq. baking pan with foil leaving enough on ends to use later to life bars out of the pan.  Spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray; put aside.
In a medium mixing bowl mix the sugar and butter; mix well.  Add the flour, oats, and cereal mixing along well.  Press mixture within the bottom of the ready baking pan.  Drizzle the caramel topping over mixture to inside 1/2-inch of the sides.
Bake at 425 degrees for ten minutes or till the sides are a light-weight golden brown.  Immediately take away from oven and sprinkle the chocolate chips over the new bars.  Let symbolize a moment or 2 for the chocolate to soften. unfold the melted chocolate evenly over the bars. enable to cool down within the pan for five minutes.
Remove the bars from the pan by lifting out the foil. quiet down within the freezer for quarter-hour before cuttin into sixteen bars.

FUDGY CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

1 cup butter

1 cup + three tbsp granulated sugar

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup whole-wheat flour

1/2 cup + three tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

4 giant eggs

3/4 cup highly regarded water

1/2 pint serious cream

10.5-oz semisweet chocolate

6-oz white chocolate finely grated for garnish, if desired

Grate the white chocolate therefore it will chill whereas you prepare the cake.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly oil the bottoms of 2 8-inch spherical cake pans and line with parchment paper; put aside.

In giant mixer bowl mix the butter, sugar, flours, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and eggs.  With mixer on medium speed, beat till sleek.  Continue beat for one or two additional minutes till the degree has increased.  Add the new water and beat to include, a couple of minute.  Divide the batter evenly between the 2 pans.
Bake at 350 degrees for twenty to twenty five minutes or till a wood toothpick inserted within the centers comes out clean.  All cakes to cool down in pan for regarding ten minutes then gently take away from pans, peel of parchment paper and permit to cool down fully on wire racks.
While cake cools heat the serious cream simply to a boil - don't boil!  Break the chocolate into items, adding to the cream and stirring till melted.  Let cool then chill in refrigerator for half-hour. take away from refrigerator and whisk till thickened to a spreading consistency.
To assemble the cake, place one layer on the cake plate and high with 1/3 of the frosting. unfold the frosting and high with the second layer. unfold the remaining of the frosting over the perimeters and high of the cake.  Sprinkle the white chocolate over the highest, if desired.

Yield: eight servings

Enjoy!