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Friday, September 23, 2011

Coffee-Choco Cake




CAKE Ingredients:
2 cups All-purpose Flour
2 cups Fine Granulated Sugar
¼ teaspoons Salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup unsalted butter softened
4 Tablespoons FULL UNSWEETENED COCOA POWDER
1 tsp Coffee
1 tsp Cinnamon powder
1 cup Boiling Water
1/2 cups Buttermilk or Soured Milk (I didn't have buttemilk so I soured it with vinegar to know how to sour milk I am attaching a link for buttermilk substitute)
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2 whole Beaten Large Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 F degrees or 175 C. Grease your baking pan and set aside.

In a bowl mix Flour, Sugar, Salt, and Baking Soda....

In a saucepan..melt butter once butter is melted then add cocoa powder, coffee and cinnamon...stir...Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In a bowl mix buttermilk/sour milk and add beaten eggs and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into baking cake pan and bake for 30-35 mins or till toothpick tests comes out clean with a little moist crumbs..(took me about 45 mins or so)

While cake is baking, make the icing.
COOL your cake on the wire rack then transfer on to the serving / cake dish....

FOR THE BEST CRUNCHY COFFEE FROSTING YUMMY
1/2 Cup of Some Finely Chopped Pecans, walnuts, almonds and some chocolate chips yummy (all together should be half cup)
1/2 cup unsalted butter
4 Tablespoons FULL unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp coffee
6 Tablespoons Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 1/2 to 2 cups Icing, powder or confectioners sugar (or More your choice)

Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa and coffee stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the assorted nuts and chocolate chips, stir together, and pour over hot cake.

Nuts can be optional..your choice!!!

Cool completely on wire rack.

Enjoy the heavenlicious choc-offee cake :)


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