Chocolate & Pretzel Cake Recipe – This cake takes about 4 hours to finish but most of this time is spent baking the cake in the oven or chilling it in the
refrigerator. Active prep time is 30 minutes or less.
Serving Size: 10
Preparation & Cooking Time: 4 hours and 30 minutes
Chocolate & Pretzel Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
Butter for greasing
16 oz. dark chocolate, chopped
½ cup butter
4 eggs, separated
¼ cup white sugar
Pinch salt
1 cup miniature pretzels
Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.
Add the dark chocolate and butter to a pan over medium heat.
Cook while stirring until melted.
Turn off heat and set aside.
Add the egg whites to a bowl.
Using an electric mixer, beat until you see stiff peaks forming.
Stir in the sugar and beat for 5 more minutes.
Add the salt and egg yolks to the chocolate mixture.
Mix well.
Gradually add the egg white mixture to the chocolate mixture.
Pour into a baking pan.
Top with the mini pretzels.
Bake in the oven for 30 minutes.
Let cool for another 30 minutes.
Refrigerate for 3 hours before serving.