Pretzel Cake Layers

Name: Pretzel Cake Layers
Ingredients: 5 ounces (142 grams) thin, pretzel sticks, broken into roughly ½-inch pieces (2 cups); 1 1/4 cups, whole milk; 6 , large egg whites; 3 tablespoons, molasses; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 3/4 cups (7 ounces/198 grams), cake flour; 1 1/2 cups (10½ ounces/298 grams), sugar; 2 teaspoons, baking powder; 2 teaspoons, table salt; 14 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 14 pieces and softened

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes

By Sarah Ewald ･ Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2020

Ground pretzels give these cake layers a subtle savory kick.

SERVES Makes two 9-inch cake layers

TIME 1 hour, plus 2¼ hours cooling

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