If you follow along on snapchat (username: whatsgabycookin) you know that this day was coming. It was a long time in the making and it’s finally here! Slutty Brownie Cake. Buckle up friends, it’s go time.
It all started a few months back when Adam texted me this pic.
All that came with the sketch was the word BOOM. He gets me. I obviously was super excited with the idea and ran with it. I took my favorite layer cake recipe (the one we used for my birthday cake a few months back) and divided it into 3 bowls and then flavored each bowl to be reminiscent of slutty brownies. That means one cake layer tastes like chocolate chip cookies, one with oreos and one like a brownie. It’s basically heaven on earth and it’s seriously a show stopper.
Each layer gets some swiss buttercream in between to hold it all together and then a major ganache topping. In case it wasn’t decadent enough, we added some freshly baked cookies, brownies and then some oreos to the top for good measure. Because when you’re going for it… you might as well REALLY go for it!
Slutty Brownie Triple Layer Cake
Ingredients
For the cake layers:
- 4 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter room temp
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups buttermilk
For the Swiss Buttercream:
- 2 ¼ cups sugar
- 9 large egg whites
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- pinch of salt
- 1 ¼ pounds butter room temp, cut into small pieces
Cookie Dough Layer
- 1 tablespoon molasess
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Oreo Layer
- 8 oreos crumbled
Brownie Layer
- â…“ cup dutch processed cocoa powder
Optional toppings
- Brownies
- Cookies
- Oreos
- 1-2 cups ganache
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour three 9-inch cake pans.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- In a electric mixer with the paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together for 3 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, Beat in the vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add half the flour mixture. Add 1 cup of buttermilk and mix until combined. Add remaining flour mixture and beat. Add remaining buttermilk and beat. Remove from the mixer and finish mixing by hand if needed. Divide the batter into 3 bowls adding in the various mix-ins for each layer listed below. Once combined, transfer the dough into the prepped cake pans.
- Bake until golden brown and done, about 30-35 minutes. Let cakes cool for a few minutes and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a saucepan that can hold a standing mixer's bowl above the water. Whisk the sugar, the egg whites, lemon juice, and salt in the bowl by hand. Set the bowl above the boiling water and continue whisking until the mixture is hot to the touch and the sugar dissolves, about 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer the bowl to a standing mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat the egg whites at medium-high speed until they almost hold a stiff peak and are fully cooled, about 10 minutes. Beat in the butter, a little at a time, until the icing is smooth and spreadable.
- To assemble the cake, place one layer of the cake on a cake stand. Spread a ½ inch layer of the Swiss Buttercream on top and carefully place the 2nd layer of cake on top. Repeat the process with additional Swiss Buttercream. Add the last layer of cake of top. Frost the top of the cake with more of the Swiss Buttercream and add a super thin layer of the Swiss Buttercream to the sides of the cake. Frost until smooth. Drizzle with ganache and decorate with any desired toppings and serve as needed.
I'm hoping to make this for my father's birthday and I'm concerned about the buttercream. I'm not too excited about the buttery flavor, so what would your recommend as a substitute? Do you have a person recipe as a substitute?
how do you feel about cream cheese frosting? This one is great! https://whatsgabycooking.com/triple-layer-pumpkin-chocolate-chip-cake/
This is absolutely amazing looking and I plan to make it for a dessert auction for a charity event!
- Can the buttercream recipe be halved or will all of it be used? It seems like it will produce a lot of frosting.
I used almost all of it, but you can totally half the recipe and just have less frosting 🙂
Making this for my sisters birthday and she is gonna freak! About how many grams of egg whites for the Swiss buttercream? I already have a container of separated egg whites that I would like to use. Thanks!
OMG. I binge baked my way through the holiday season so I'm trying to relax for a while and let my pants get a little looser but THIS!!!!! I don't know how much longer I can hold out now that I know this cake exists! You and Adam are pure genius!
Update: Hi Gaby! I finally made this cake (you can check it out on my instagram @startedfromthebatter!). The chocolate chip and Oreo layers were SOOOO good, but the chocolate layer was very dry. Do you have any suggestions for how I can make the cake again but make the chocolate layer differently so it's more moist? Add liquid in addition to the cocoa powder, or something else? I would love to make this cake again, the only reason I would hesitate is because of the chocolate layer. Thank you!
Made this cake yesterday for my sister and it was such a hit! Thanks for the awesome recipe!
Super cake but there must be an error with frisking. 1 1/4 pounds of butter? I made it and it was way way to buttery. Shouldn't it be cups?
No - it's right as printed. It's a buttery flavored buttercream! If it's too buttery for you, another icing like cream cheese frosting! THAT would be delish too!
Made this yesterday, my first attempt at SMB, won't be doing it again. My kids really do not like it, also found it was far too much in proportion to the cake.
Yummy cake though!
whats SMB?
Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Wowsers!!! This is incredible. Probably not an everyday baking adventure but certainly a special occasion extravaganza!!
Hi,
Beautiful cake! I wondered what is the trick to have a slendid ganache on the top of the cake, like yours ? I tried several times on different cakes, and sometimes my ganache is too liquid (too hot?) and it runs down the cake, or my ganache is too thick and I have to spead it with a knife. How do you do it ?
Thank you very much!
Émilie
Montréal, QC
This looks absolutely decadent!
This looks insanely delicious! do you think it can be made with a hand mixer instead of the standing one and if so, how best to handle the change?
yes - 100% a hand mixer would work! Same directions + timing 🙂
I got a toothache just looking at it! This cake can also be dubbed everything but the kitchen sink cake! 😀
This is genius and amazing and luxurious, I NEED this in my life stat!
This looks amazing, and I love your drawing of the cake. I will definitely try it at home!
Or I mean - Adams drawing. It's so cute.
What an incredible cake! I love this idea, so devilishly good 🙂