I'm looking for a recipe to make a chocolate wedding cake that is not a pound cake. Any help?

We want to make our own cake. I found several recipes for a wedding cake that are pound cakes. I would like a chocolate cake. I know the cake has to be heavier in order to stack it but not too heavy. Thanks.

I'm looking for a recipe to make a chocolate wedding cake that is not a pound cake. Any help?
10 oz bittersweet chocolate


1/2 cup softened unsalted butter


1/2 c sugar


5 eggs separated


2 tbsp dark rum


1/3 c chopped walnuts





2 1/2 c Creme Ganache





3 c crushed English Toffee





Preheat the oven to 325.


Butter an 8-inch cake pan and line the bottom with parchment


paper. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler. Beat the butter with 1/4 cup


of the sugar until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolks, two at a time, and


then the rum, then the walnuts, beating well each time.


In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites and the rest of the sugar


until they are stiff and shiny. Add the melted chocolate to the butter


mixture and combine well. Fold in the egg whites and combine well, until


there are no more white streaks. Pour the mixture into the cake pan and


bake about 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out


with a few crumbs.





Cool the cake and then chill.





Whip 2 1/2 cups of ganache until light and fluffy. Smooth a little of the ganache on top of the chilled cake. Sprinkle crushed toffee on top of the cake, and then cover the whole thing, top and sides, with ganache and chill


for two hours.





Serve the cake at room temperature.





CREME GANACHE





1 qt heavy cream


2 lbs bittersweet chocolate





Bring the cream to a boil in a 6-quart pot. When the cream boils, remove it from the heat immediately and add all the chocolate at once. Stir with a wire whisk until the chocolate is all melted. Pour into a bowl, allow to cool


at room temperature, cover with plastic wrap, and chill. You can keep in the refrigerator for a week or in the freezer for several months.





ENGLISH TOFFEE





3 c chopped walnuts


3 c sugar


1/2 c water


1/2 c light corn syrup


2 tsp vanilla extract


2 c unsalted butter





Preheat the oven to 175. Put nuts on a cookie sheet and place in the oven to keep warm. Coat another cookie tray with vegetable oil. Put the sugar, water, corn syrup, and vanilla in a heavy saucepan and stir well to dissolve the sugar. Wash down the sides of the pan with a pastry


brush dipped in cold water so that there is no sugar clinging to the sides of the pan. Cook over high heat until it reaches a boil, continuing to wash down with water. After it has boiled for one minute, add the butter, stirring often. It is done when it registers 290 on a candy thermometer and it is the color of a brown paper bag. Remove from heat and stir in the walnuts. Pour the mixture onto the oiled sheet and let it cool completely.
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Reply:You can make the perfect cake from a box. I do it all the time and they turn out great. The trick is to freeze it before you stack it, level the top and use picks to keep it from falling.


They have pillars that go through the whole cake to hold it up if you are really worried about it. The pillars also make it easier to transport after it is decorated.


The bakery I worked for used Pilsbury cake mix.
Reply:www.wilton.com/wedding/recipes/index.cfm this website will help you i made the chocolate grooms cake and it came out so heavenly...