Chocolate Coffee Cake Recipe

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A chocolate coffee cake

Ingredients

Sponge

  • 120 g of chocolate sponge mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 30 ml of milk
  • 30 g of butter (melted)
  • Coffee Liquid

  • 20 ml of cold water
  • 2 tbsp of sugar
  • 2 tbsp of Kahlúa coffee liqueur
  • 10 sponge fingers
  • 30 g of macadamia nuts (chopped)
  • Chocolate Cream

  • 200 g of chocolate (broken into pieces)
  • 2 tbsp of unsalted butter
  • 200 g of fresh cream( whipped)
  • Preparation

    1. To make sponge cake, preheat oven to 180°C; line bottom of a 18cm (7-cin) cake tin with greaseproof paper.
    2. Beat sponge mix, eggs and milk in a mixer with high speed until light and fluffy.
    3. Turn to low speed, mix in melted butter until well blended.
    4. Spread batter into prepared tin and bake for 20 minutes.
    5. Remove from oven and cool completely.
    6. Split into 2 layers.
    7. To make coffee liqueur, combine cold water, sugar and Kahlúa coffee liqueur until blended.
    8. To make chocolate cream, melt chocolate and unsalted butter over boiling water.
    9. Fold in whipping cream.
    10. Place a slice sponge cake into cake tin.
    11. Brush with coffee liquid and spread with chocolate cream.
    12. Sprinkle with some chopped macadamia nuts.
    13. Dip sponge fingers into coffee liqueur and arrange on to the cream.
    14. Continue layering until sponge fingers finished.
    15. Cover with sponge cake.
    16. Refrigerate for a while.
    17. Coat cake with remaining cream.
    18. Decorate sides with chocolate and top with cocoa powder.
    19. Or decorate as desired.

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