Niki's Neverending Adventure

Chocolate Cake Batter

Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, softened
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
2 cups cake flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk

Preparation:
1. Beat sugar and butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy and fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until yellow disappears after each addition. Beat in vanilla and almond extracts.
2. Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl; add to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at medium-low speed just until blended after each addition. Beat 1/3 cup hot water into batter just until smooth. (Batter will be thick.) Use immediately.



This is the batter waiting to be cooked

After they were cooked and are cooling

Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/3 cup butterscotch-caramel topping
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 (16-oz.) package powdered sugar
1 to 3 Tbsp. milk

Preparation:
1. Beat first 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
2. Gradually add powdered sugar alternately with 1 Tbsp. milk, beating at low speed until blended and smooth after each addition. Beat in up to 2 Tbsp. additional milk for desired consistency.

*I couldn't find a butterscotch-caramel topping so I bought one of each and mixed them. I only used 2TBSP milk*

The finished product!

Now for suggestions: I think it needs something on top, it looks plain. I have heath bar chunks or I could chop up a chocolate bar and sprinkle on the top. What do ya'll think? Leave it alone or add something on top??