Yield: 8 Servings

Ingredients

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CAKE BATTER

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2 c cake flour
2 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
1/2 c butter
2 c granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 1/2 t vanilla
3 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 c dairy sour cream
1 c water; boiling

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FILLING

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1/2 c butter or margarine
12 oz caramels
1 cn sweetened condensed milk

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350~. Grease and flour a 9x13 pan. Set aside. Sift together cake flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Blend in the eggs and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in vanilla and melted chocolate. Alternately, add the dry ingredients and the sour cream to the butter mixture. Beat well after each addition. Stir in the boiling water. (Batter will be thin.) Divide cake batter in half. Pour one half into prepared cake pan. Bake 10-12 minutes or until firm to touch. Remove
from oven. Meanwhile, prepare filling. Mix the butter, caramels and sweetened condensed milk in a sauce pan and melt over low heat, stirring often. Can be melted in the microwave. When melted, pour the mixture over the half baked cake. Pour the remaining cake batter over the caramel mixture and return to the oven. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until firm to the touch. (It took me 25 minutes) Cool to the touch and cover with chocolate ganache. Here is the ganache recipe I use, although I believe any ganache will work!

GANACHE
6 oz semisweet chocolate; chopped finely
3/4 c heavy cream
2 tb butter; unsalted
2 tb sugar

Instructions

Bring cream and butter to a simmer. Stir in the sugar. Pour cream over the chocolate in a bowl. Let stand covered for 5 minutes, then stir until smooth. Let cool to room temperature and then pour over cake.

This is so my kind of recipe! YUMMMMMY!!!!! Thanks!!!!!