Coffee Chocolate Cake
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Combine the dry ingredients in one bowl.
- 2Combine the wet ingredients in another bowl.
- 3Combine the dry and wet mixtures.
- 4Pour the mixture into lined baking pans.
- 5Bake the cakes in the oven.
- 6Let the cakes cool.
- 7Prepare the coffee frosting by combining coffee, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and espresso powder, then mixing with butter until creamy and fluffy.
- 8Level out each cake layer using a knife.
- 9Spread frosting between cake layers and stack them.
- 10Frost the entire cake.
- 11Decorate with coffee beans.
- 12Cut and serve the cake.
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup black coffee
- 2 tsp instant coffee
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 1.5 cup granulated sugar
- 0.66 cup dark brown sugar
- 0.5 cup unsweetened dutch processed cocoa powder
- 2 tbsp unsweetened dutch processed cocoa powder
- 1.5 tsp baking powder
- 1.5 tsp baking soda
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 0.75 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sour cream 14-18%, room temperature
- 2 tbsp sour cream 14-18%, room temperature
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 3 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.75 cup butter room temperature
- 5.5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp black coffee cooled down to room temperature
- 0.5 tbsp black coffee cooled down to room temperature
- 1 tbsp instant espresso powder
Equipment
glass bowlwhiskmixing bowlbaking pansovenstand mixerspatulaknifecake stand
Tips
- This is the perfect balance of coffee and chocolate.
- It's fluffy and light.
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