Golden Corral Chocolate Cake Recipe
The recipe is similar to a typical German chocolate cake, but with one major difference: caramel custard icing is used instead of the traditional frosting and filling.
Ingredients
- 3 cups sugar, divided
- 2 cups of flour
- 1 cup cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
- 4 tablespoons melted butter, divided
- . 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup of water
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a bundt pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Combine 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
- In a medium bowl, stir eggs with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and remaining sugar until completely smooth.
- Stir egg mixture into dry ingredients with a rubber spatula until batter is smooth.
- Stir in 1 cup buttermilk and 1 cup water. Stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons of melted butter until completely incorporated. Stir in chopped pecans.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Invert the cake onto a serving plate and remove it from the pan. Drizzle with caramel custard icing.
- Slice and serve Golden Corral Chocolate Cake Recipe from a wire rack, allowing it to cool completely before cutting into slices.
- Serve any remaining icing in a bowl for drizzling over slices of the cake, if desired.