Chocolate Cake with Caramel-Milk Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients

• ½ cup water
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch-process)
• 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1 ½ cups golden brown sugar
• + 11 more ingredients
• • 18 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 24 ounces imported milk chocolate (such as Lindt)
  • 3 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • ½ cup water
  • 2 ¼ cups whipping cream
  • Nonstick vegetable oil spray
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 18 tablespoons buttermilk

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray three 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides with nonstick spray. Line bottom of pans with parchment paper. Whisk flour and next 4 ingredients in medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat brown sugar and butter in large bowl until fluffy, about 2 minutes. ...

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