- Cake:
- 1/2 cup white chocolate, melted
- 1/2 cup chopped DOVE® Brand Dark Chocolate, melted
- 1/2 cup chopped DOVE® Brand Milk Chocolate, melted
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 1/2 cups white sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup hot water
- Frosting:
- 1/4 cup apricot jam
- 1/2 cup chopped DOVE® Brand Dark Chocolate
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 8 ounces marzipan
- Confectioners' sugar for dusting (optional)
- 1/2 cup white frosting (optional)
- 1/2 cup chocolate frosting (optional)
- Triple M&M;'S® Brand Premium Chocolate Candies
- Place each variety of chocolate in a separate glass mixing bowls. Microwave each bowl for approximately 30 seconds, or until chocolate melts. Set aside.
- Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well with each addition. Alternately add small amounts flour mixture and buttermilk until completely incorporated. Finally stir in hot water.
- Divide batter between mixing bowls with chocolate and stir. Transfer batters to 3 separate prepared 9-inch square cake pans and bake in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 20 minutes. Cool completely.
- Spread apricot jam on top of each cake layer and stack them. Thinly roll marzipan on a sugar-dusted surface. Roll a 9×9 inch square and arrange it on the top cake layer. Cut cake in half.
- Melt remaining -cup of chocolate with heavy cream. Spread on top of one cake half and set aside to cool. Cut both cakes into 1×2-inch pieces. Decorate tops of petit fours with drizzles of white and chocolate icings and a Triple Chocolate Premium M&M.