INGREDIENTS
2 cups
sugar
1 3/4 cups
flour
3/4 cup
cocoa powder
2 tsp
baking soda
1 tsp
baking powder
1 tsp
salt
1 cup
buttermilk
1 cup
hot coffee
1/2 cup
canola oil
2
large eggs
2 tsp
vanilla
10 oz
dark chocolate chips or semisweet chocolate, chopped
8 oz
homemade caramel sauce or best quality store-bought caramel sauce
2 tbsp
cold water
1 1/4 tsp
unflavored gelatin
1 1/2 cups
chilled heavy cream
3/4 cup
powdered sugar
1
vanilla bean, split lengthwise, and seeds scraped from inside the bean