Chocolate Buttermilk Cake with Pecan Praline Candy & Whipped Chocolate Ganache

Indulge in Chocolate Buttermilk Cake with Pecan Praline Candy & Whipped Chocolate Ganache! Made with Swans Down® Cake Flour, this cake layers tender chocolate cake, rich ganache, and crunchy praline for a show-stopping dessert everyone will love.

Ingredients
  • 2 3/4 cups sifted Swans Down® Cake Flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
  • 1/2 cup boiling water
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4  eggs, room temperature
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • PRALINE CANDY
  • WHIPPED CHOCOLATE GANACHE
Directions

PREHEAT oven to 350°
GREASE and parchment line (3) 8-inch round cake pans.
1. SIFT Swans Down Cake Four, then lightly spoon into measuring cup for 2 3⁄4 cups. Add salt, set aside.
2. COMBINE chocolate with water. Stir until chocolate melts. Set aside.
3. CREAM butter and sugar until fluffy.
4. ADD eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. DISSOLVE baking soda in buttermilk
6. ADD flour mixture to butter mixture alternating with buttermilk, beginning with flour and ending with flour.
7. STIR in chocolate and vanilla.
8. DIVIDE batter evenly into prepared cake pans.
9. BAKE for 30 to 35 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.
10. COOL in pans for 10 minutes then remove from pans and let cool completely on wire rack.

ASSEMBLE CAKE

1. PLACE first cake layer, top side down.
2. FROST cake layer with ganache
3. SPREAD 1⁄2 cup of ground praline over ganache.
4. TOP with second cake layer, topside down.
5. REPEAT steps 2 and 3.
6. TOP with last cake layer, top side down.
7. FROST cake with remaining ganache.
8. PRESS sides with ground praline and garnish with any remaining praline pieces.

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  • I found three, praline, recipes, and think this one for the, chocolate buttermilk cake with pecan praline candy & whipped chocolate ganache,, sounds good. One recipe is for, praline cookies, 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of brown sugar, 2 tsps. of vanilla, 2 cups of flour, 1/4 tsp. of salt, 3/4 cups of pecan halves. Making about 3 1/2 dozen. The second recipe is for, creamy pralines, 1 cup of golden brown sugar, 1 cup of granulated sugar, (white), 1/2 a cup of evaporated milk, 1/4 tsp. of salt, 1/4 tsp. of maple flavoring, (syrup), 1 1/2 cups of pecans. Making about 15 to 20 pralines. The third recipe is your's, praline candy, 1 cup of sugar, 1 tsp. of fresh lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of water, and, 1 cup of pecans. So, I was studying my Holy Bible and teaching about the word, access, today, the gift of righteousness, is my topic and, Romans 5:2 (NKJV), is the lesson. So, I guess I just wanted to say how these three recipes, went together, praline cookies, creamy pralines, and, praline candy. I also want to dedicate my lesson, to two women in my family, Annie Molden, 1998, and, Shandra Hughes, 1975. The gift of righteousness. It's a Monday, afternoon here in my state of, California, here in, the city of angels. 6/15/2026. 4:40 p.m.

  • There is a discrepancy with the flour. The ingredients say 2 1/2 cup sifted cake flour, but in the directions you say do 2 3/4 cups. Which is it?

    • Great catch Minnie! The directions are correct. The ingredients should call for 2 3⁄4 cup sifted Swans Down Cake Flour. We've made the correction to the recipe. Thanks!! Happy Baking!

  • What happen to the original buttermilk chocolate cake it wasn't a praline candy or did you all just had the praline candy to the recipe.

    • Hi Callie, This is the original, delicious buttermilk chocolate cake, we just added the praline candy topping. Happy baking!

  • There was a recipe for a 3 layer chocolate cake on the back of the Swans Down flour box. It had almond and orange extract. I believe several sticks of butter. I cannot locate this recipe along with its https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwiLyMuAkJ_kAhUNlawKHfMKBjsQFjAAegQIABAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Fswansdown.com%2Frecipes%2Fnanas-simple-chocolate-cake%2F&usg=AOvVaw0vtO4RZytIs8R9s69jQWuw. Thank you in adavanceaccompanying frosting. It too had several sticks of butter. The flour box I'm guessing was about a year old. Would you please locate that recipe and email to me? I'd be most appreciative

  • However delicious this cakes sounds to make; your recipe is flawed. You state to add vanilla to the cake batter but there is no vanilla ingredient amount. You state the Butter Filling and the Chocolate Butter Filling are separate recipes but there is no link and even if you search there is no recipe. Either fix the issues or remove the recipe.

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