Chocolate Coffee Cake Recipe

The combination of chocolate and coffee makes this cake taste rich and perfect. This chocolate coffee cake is a real crowd-pleaser. Do try this and share your feedback. Here is a recipe for some icing https://www.neelscorner.com/devil-chocolate-cake-by-nigella-lawson/

Ingredients Of Chocolate Coffee Cake

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups of sugar
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp baking soda
• salt 1/2 tsp
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk + 2 tsp vinegar mixed
• 1 cup oil
• 1/4 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup hot coffee ( 1 cup hot water+2tsp instant coffee)

Method

• Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Set it aside.
• Mix eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla essence.
• Put flour mixture in a bowl and mix sugar in it.
• Add liquid ingredients in dry ingredients and mix on medium speed with a beater for 4-5 minutes.
• With the beater running adds hot coffee and turn it off, don’t beat mush after adding coffee.
• Bake in preheated oven in two pans at 180 c for 30 minutes or till cake is baked.

Frosting

• 1 cup of cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cup unsalted soft butter
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 4 cups icing sugar
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3/4 cup cream
• 2/3 cup Ovaltine or Horlicks
• 1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Method

• Mix cocoa, salt, milk, and butter. Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. Gradually add icing sugar and beat.
• In another bowl mix Horlicks and cream. Add in butter mixture and mix on high speed for 3-4 minutes.
• The frosting is ready. Get creative and decorate your cake.
• You can garnish it with buttercream frosting, whipped cream, Ganesh, or just some melted chocolate with lots of sprinkles and candies.