6 three layer chocolate cake Recipes

cake makes 1 8-inch 3-layer cake, cocoa powder, sour cream, all-purpose flour, plus more for pans, baking powder, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pans, vegetable shortening, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, eggs, pure vanilla, caramel with salt, caramel ganache icing, fleur de sel, for garnish, caramel with salt makes enough for two to three 8-inch 3-layer cake, sugar, light corn syrup, heavy cream, fleur de sel, sour cream, caramel ganache icing makes enough for 1 8-inch 3-layer cake, dark chocolate, chopped, sugar, light corn syrup, heavy cream, butter , cut into tbsp-sized pieces, softened but still cool

dark-chocolate layer, dark, or bitter-sweet chocolate chips, butter, almond-flavored liqueur , or 1 tsp. almond extract, heavy cream , whipped to stiff peaks, white-chocolate layer, heavy cream, unflavored gelatin, white chocolate chips, chopped almonds (can sub with walnuts), heavy cream , whipped to stiff peaks, milk-chocolate layer, milk chocolate chips, butter, frozen raspberries, thawed, pureed and sieved to remove seeds, heavy cream , whipped to stiff peaks, raspberry sauce, frozen raspberries, thawed, cornstarch, sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder for decoration (optional)

cake flour or 2 1/2 cups unsifted all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, vanilla, half-and-half or 1 1/3 cups light cream, egg whites, sugar, white chocolate baking squares, chopped, cream cheese, softened, butter

baking soda, butter, butter, softened, butter, softened, cake flour (not self-rising), cocoa powder , sifted, cocoa powder , sifted, corn syrup, cornstarch, dark brown sugar, water, eggs, eggs, sugar, salt, salt, semisweet (60%) chocolate, sour cream, sugar, unsweetened chocolate, vanilla extract, vanilla extract