Chocolate Coffee Cake
18-20 minutes
1 cake
Nuts
Vegetarian
About this recipe:
A rather grown up cake, perhaps for a special occasion, with chocolate and coffee singing in perfect harmony.
Equipment:
2 x 18cm/7” round baking tins, 2 x mixing bowls and saucepan
Ingredients:
CHOCOLATE COFFEE CAKE
150g Doves Farm Organic Self Raising White Flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
3 eggs
150g butter
150g caster sugar
4 tbsp strong black coffee
butter, for tins
CHOCOLATE FILLING
100g plain chocolate
75ml double cream
2 tbsp icing sugar
COFFEE ICING
150g icing sugar
1 tbsp cocoa
25g butter
2 tbsp strong black coffee
Method:
180°C, Fan 160°C, 350°F, Gas 4
Chocolate Coffee Cake
- Pre-heat the oven.
- Rub some butter around the inside of two 18cm/7” round baking tins or insert baking liners.
- Measure the flour and cocoa into a mixing bowl and stir to combine.
- Break the eggs, separating the yolks into one bowl and whites into another.
- Chop the butter into small cubes.
- Put the butter cubes and sugar into a mixing bowl and beat together until light and fluffy.
- Add the yolks one at a time, beating between each addition.
- Stir in the coffee.
- Sieve the prepared flour into the bowl and mix well.
- Beat the whites until stiff.
- Fold the egg whites into the mix with a metal spoon using a cutting and folding action, taking care not to overmix.
- Divide the mixture between the prepared tins.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes. If a cocktail stick pressed into the centre of the cake comes out clean, it is cooked.
- Turn out the cakes onto a wire rack and leave to cool.
Chocolate Filling
- Break the chocolate into small pieces.
- Put the cream and sugar into a saucepan over a gentle heat and stir as it warms.
- Remove from the heat just as it starts to bubble.
- Add the chocolate and stir until it has melted.
- Allow to cool and thicken.
- Spread the cold filling on one cold cake layer and place the second layer on top.
Coffee Icing
- Measure the icing sugar and cocoa into a bowl and stir to combine.
- Chop the butter into the bowl and mix with a fork until it looks like fine breadcrumbs.
- Stir in enough coffee to make a spreadable paste.
- Spread over the top and sides of the cake.
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Soooooo good. I put in extra coffee and used the ganache for the filling and the top because I don't like buttercream and it was so yummy. It was eaten within a day. All my non GF family thought it was a normal cake!
jen
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Made for my mum's birthday - she asked for a chocolate or coffee cake so I made this! It was very well received and everyone agreed it was delicious. It's a very rich cake and so could work as a dessert or for a decadent afternoon tea. Mine had quite a close texture and I couldn't get it to rise to anything like the picture but it was beautifully moist. If storing the cake before icing, use greaseproof paper underneath and between the layers to avoid it sticking.
Cathy
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Great cake but I decided to put the coffee buttercream in as the filling and covered the cake with ganache which worked well
Mandy
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Good sponge texture and flavour, I multiplied up and made it as an 8 inch, fabulous coffee flavoured icing my filling was very firm and tasted rich. Very moreish. Thank you.
Elly Wastie
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Excellent,first gluten-free chocolate cake I have made,would highly recommend you try this.
Susan Hassall
Reviewing: Chocolate Coffee Cake
What’s not to like. Moist sweet coffee chocolate. Easy to make despite using two mixing bowls, as egg whites whisked separately. (I’m the dishwasher, hence the gripe!) Tastes like childhood and Dad’s coffee creams. Yes I loved it, as did the teenager. Liked the 7 inch size. Will make again.
Sam
Reviewing: Chocolate Coffee Cake
I’ve tried many times and still very goood. This is my favorite cake ever
Rogerio Castro
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Excellent cake; light, moist and very tasty
Kathy Hall
Reviewing: Chocolate Coffee Cake
Very gooood
Eric
Reviewing: Chocolate Coffee Cake
Excellent cake and I tried with less coffee. Very goooooooooooooooooood
Eric Castro
Reviewing: Chocolate Coffee Cake
Good. But too much coffee.
Eric Castro
Reviewing: Chocolate Coffee Cake
This recipe is delicious! Made it for the first time yesterday and it didn’t disappoint. A lovely light textured cake with complimentary flavours of chocolate and coffee. It is very rich so makes a good cake for a birthday or other celebration. I love Doves Farm products and recipes, thank you for sharing this one!
Sharon D
Reviewing: Chocolate Coffee Cake
Have made this cake twice now and everyone who has had a slice or two slices have loved it.It has now become a favourite of ours
Linda Hunter
Reviewing: Chocolate Coffee Cake
Absolutely a delicious cake very light in texture. Too put the egg whites in last makes this cake the lightness to cut and eat. Not at all sickly, have made this cake twice each time the results are the same. Would recommend you try this recipe.
Sandra
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