Easter Cake in a Chocolate Nest - Championship Catering

Ingredients

• 8 cups vegetable oil, for frying
• 2 ounces dried rice vermicelli noodles (see Cook’s Note)
• Kosher salt
• Two 3-ounce bars semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 2 cups all-purpose flour (see Cook’s Note)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans
• 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons sugar
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch Process)
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 3 large eggs, at room temperature
• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• Pinch fine salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 to 3 tablespoons milk