Baking with salted caramel...

[MadisonBakes]

I usually bake a chocolate cake with buttermilk, espresso and lots of dark chocolate. I modified the Donna Hay recipe. I'm looking to bake a chocolate cake with salted caramel but don't want to make a layer cake - instead i want to make the cake a single layer. To do this I was hoping to freeze salted caramel in an ice cube tray and drop these frozen salted caramel cubes into my cake batter prior to baking.

I would then cover this with salted chocolate ganache and inside would be chocolate caramel goodness... DOES anyone know whether this would work?

 

[Zyni]

Both your original and your new idea sound delicious. Are you making your own salted caramel then or using candies? If you're using candies, I don't think you would need to freeze them. I think you could drop them in as is. If you're making your own, and it is quite soft, freezing might work. I think I'd try freezing a lit bit of it first to see how it affects it.

You could also try making a mug cake or other small cake first as a test run. Good luck. I enjoy salted caramel. Yum.