Chocolate Cake Bars With Vanilla Pudding Glaze
The chocolate cake bars are a classic sweet treat already, but you can always find new ways to make them better. In this case, for example, where we glaze the bars with vanilla pudding and garnish them with crumbled almonds and raspberries.
Ingredients Needed for Chocolate Cake Bars With Vanilla Pudding Glaze
10 ounces chocolate, broken into pieces
7 ounces butter
5 ounces brown sugar
5 ounces sugar
7 ounces flour
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
salt
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup vanilla pudding, store-bought (for glazing)
almonds, crumbled (for garnishing)
⅔ cup raspberries (for garnishing)
How to Make Chocolate Cake Bars With Vanilla Pudding Glaze
- Melt the chocolate and butter together using the bain-marie method: fill a pot halfway with water, place a heat-proof bowl on top of it, add the chocolate and butter and heat them while constantly stirring.
- Remove the chocolate mixture bowl from heat, add the brown and white sugar to it and stir in until even. Set aside.
- Add the flour and cocoa powder to a bowl, season with salt and mix until even. Set aside.
- Transfer the chocolate mixture to the dough mixer bowl and start mixing. Gradually add the eggs, vanilla extract, and flour mixture. Mix until even.
- Line a baking dish with parchment paper and transfer the mixture to it. Bake for 40 minutes at 360⁰F/180⁰C.
- Cut the cake into bars, glaze them with vanilla pudding and garnish them with crumbled almonds and raspberries.