Chocolate Malted Cake

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Appears in Cook's Country August/September 2017

To get that nostalgic ice cream parlor flavor in every bite, we added malted milk powder to the chocolate frosting and sprinkled crushed malted milk balls between the cake layers.

SERVES 12

TIME 40 mins

Chocolate Malted Cake

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Blooming the cocoa powder in boiling water and adding instant espresso powder to the batter produces deep chocolate flavor. Sour cream adds moisture and tang. Malted milk powder mixed into chocolate frosting gives this three-layer cake the ...

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