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For many, coffee is the nectar of the Gods. It is what they wake up for in the morning, and don’t even attempt to talk to them until they have finished the first cup. My husband is one of these people. I love him, but he can not even attempt to function until he has finished his first cup of coffee.
Me on the other hand, I can’t stand the stuff!
Love the smell, hate the taste.
I use coffee a lot when I bake, especially if I’m making anything that includes chocolate. Coffee makes chocolate taste richer, more decadent, and more like itself. When you mix coffee into your chocolate desserts you get just a mild hint of coffee flavor, but the chocolate really sings!
This sinfully rich chocolate cake is one of our favorite recipes. It can be made into a layer cake for birthdays, but with how rich it is, we prefer to make a bundt cake without frosting and only a chocolate glaze drizzled across the top. The addition of strong black coffee to both the cake batter and the glaze intensifies the richness of the chocolate and leaves just a light perfume of coffee behind.
Sinfully Rich Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 2 c sugar
- 1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
- 3/4 c cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 c milk
- 1/2 c canola/vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
- 1 c hot coffee yes, it must be hot
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 350. Grease and dust a bundt pan with cocoa powder.
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Combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
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Stir in hot coffee. Your cake batter will be thin.
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Pour cake batter into your prepared pan, and bake for 35-40 min, or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the cake.
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Allow to cool 10 minutes in the pan, before removing to cool on a rack.
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Cool completely before topping with Chocolate Glaze.
Chocolate Glaze
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp butter melted
- pinch sale
- 3-4 Tbsp hot coffee
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Whisk until smooth. Drizzle over cake.
Lovely, I am going to try this recipe. I love chocolate cakes.
That look so moist and delicious – Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party – hope to see you next week too. In the mean time, have a fabulous week ahead!
OH MY WORD! This cake looks so easy and so yummy – sinfully so! I can’t wait to try it 😀
Looks delicious!
This has my name all over it. It sounds so delicious.
This chocolate cake looks so yummy! Thanks so much for sharing at Party in Your PJs link party!
How much flour? It looks like 11 3/4 cups, or 1 13/4c…..help, as I really want to make this….thankx!
It’s only 1 3/4 cup of all purpose flour. Thank you for catching the typo.
It looks like the name describes it perfectly! I bet this would be amazing with some Vanilla Ice Cream!
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It’s so rich, that vanilla ice cream would be perfect. Almost like a brownie sundae.
You had me a sinfully rich chocolate. Thanks for sharing at the Snickerdoodle Create Bake Make Party.
Three words that go beautifully together!