Chocolate Cake With Fleur De Sel Caramel Filling Recipe - Details, Calories, Nutrition Information |

Ingredients

• baking time : 32 minutes - 4 layers - 128 minutes if baked separately.
• caramel filling
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 tbsp light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, diced
• 1/4 cup creme fraiche or sour cream
• 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
• large pinch of fine fleur de sel * plus additional for assembly
• ganache filling and frosting
• 1 1/2 lb bittersweet chocolate, chopped
• 3 cups heavy whipping cream
• cake
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup whole milk
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
• 1 cup hot water
• 1 tbsp instant espresso powder
• 1 1/4 cups almonds, toasted, coarsely chopped