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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
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• Cuisine

  European >> Irish >> Irish

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For the cake: Position oven rack in center of oven. | 2. Preheat oven to 350^F. | 3. Butter a 9 inch round cake pan with 2 inch sides. | 4. Sprinkle pan with 1/2 tablespoon cocoa. | 5. Shake out excess. | 6. Mix flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl. | 7. In a small heavy saucepan combine butter and 3 tablespoons of cocoa. | 8. Stir until melted and smooth over medium-low heat. | 9. Remove from heat. | 10. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar until thick and fluffy. | 11. Mix in hot water and cocoa mixture. | 12. Then stir in the flour followed by the pecans, toffee bits and chocolate chips. | 13. Transfer to the prepared pan and smooth the top. | 14. Bake about 25 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out with moist crumbs. | 15. Cool in pan 15 minutes. | 16. After running a knife around sides to loosen cake, turn out onto a platter. | 17. Cool For the Glaze: In a small saucepan, over medium-low heat, combine the chocolate, butter and honey until smooth. | 18. Cool until glaze thickens slightly but is still pourable, about 10 minutes. | 19. Pour glaze over cake and spread over top and sides. | 20. Sprinkle top of cake with toffee bits and chopped pecans. | 21. Chill 1 hour until glaze is set. | 22. Keep chilled. | 23. Can be made ahead. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cocoa powder	3 1/2	tablespoons	unsweetened	43.092	10.9431	3.7044	2.5893
flour	3/4	cup		433.71	94.954	7.0508	1.6827
baking powder	1/2	teaspoon		1.219	0.6371	0.0	0.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted cut	813.795	0.0681	0.9648	92.0599
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
sugar	2/3	cup		537.32	134.3973	0.0	0.0
hot water	1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
pecan	1 3/4		ground	501.1067	93.912	10.3133	10.556
english toffee	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-
chocolate chip	1/2	cup	semi-sweet	-	-	-	-
chocolate	4	ounces	bittersweet chopped unsweetened	65.7708	10.7388	2.336	1.6329
butter	3	tablespoons		256.5	11.7855	8.0145	21.6
honey	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
pecan	1/4	cup	chopped	501.1067	93.912	10.3133	10.556
english toffee	1/2	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.