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Brown Butter Waffle Cake
Written by emilyc

Wait, waffles in cake form? With frosting? I know what breakfast is going to be for the rest of my life. Recipe and image via Local Milk.

Brown Butter Waffle Cake

Ingredients:

For Waffles
2.4 cups all-purpose flour
1.4 cups cake flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2/3 cup light brown sugar
4 large eggs, room temperature
12 tablespoons brown butter, cooled to room temp
1/2 cup maple syrup (real stuff!)
2 cups buttermilk, room temp

For Buttercream (double or increase by half for a 3 layer)
2 large egg whites at room temp
scant 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/8 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons sugar
2/3 cup sorghum syrup
2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temp and cut into tablespoon size pieces

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About the author

emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.