3 chocolate cake ginger buttercream Recipes

million dollar lb cake, vanilla buttercream frosting, chopped crystallized ginger, amaretto liqueur, cacao bittersweet chocolate baking bars, chopped, semisweet chocolate baking bar, chopped, chopped crystallized ginger

chocolate cake mix (i used duncan hines dark chocolate fudge cake mix), eggs, vegetable oil, masala chai tea concentrate (recipe below ), flour, ginger buttercream frosting (recipe below ), chocolate chips (optional) or chocolate shavings, for decoration (optional), cinnamon stick, whole cardamom pod, allspice berries, star anise, fresh ginger , thin slice, black tea leaves, half-and-half, water, unsalted butter, at room temperature, sugar, whole milk, fresh ginger, minced