Weird Appalachian Foods Country Cookbook

This is the cake that will make you a star. While the chocolate and butter are cooling a little, sieve the confectioners' sugar into another bowl. I know coffee is great in chocolate cakes, but we are not coffee drinkers. Because there is no leavening occurring, you can use either dutch-process or natural cocoa powder in the buttercream.

For the cake, place all of the cake ingredients, except the boiling water, into a large mixing bowl. I don't normally frost bundt cakes with thick frostings like this one, it would be a little tricky, but I guess you could. Add oil, coffee and milk and mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.

I had a slice and now I'm craving for more :). I skipped the expresso powder and just used boiling water and did not add the additional egg yolk. Add melted butter and oil, stir well. Use a spatula to scrape down the sides of the bowl and stir the batter from the bottom to the top to ensure it's well mixed.

Don't be tempted to add more flour as this is what makes the cake super soft and moist. When checking to see that my chocolate cake is finished baking, I do the toothpick test” mentioned above. Baked it in 6″ glass baking dish, higher sides than a regular cake pan.

ONE-PAN CAKE: Use 13x9x2-inch baking pan. This recipe uses both baking soda and baking powder. The ONLY thing you can add to this already perfect cake recipe is a couple teaspoons of instant coffee or espresso for an even deeper chocolate flavour. Distribute cake batter evenly between the two prepared cake pans.

Divide mixture evenly among 2 prepared pans. Cakes are usually fine sitting on the counter, but have to be refrigerated when you have a high moisture or dairy part, like whipped cream. The whole recipe will yield approximately chocolate cake without oven 24 cupcakes. Put the chocolate and honey into a bowl and place over a pan of hot water.