Chocolate and Coffee Cake

Name: Chocolate and Coffee Cake
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For the cake:; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 cups sugar; 1 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup warm brewed coffee; 3/4 cup milk; 2 eggs, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; For the ganache:; 200 g (7 oz.) semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped; 1 cup heavy cream; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon butter

Leila Kadri @cook_3647063

Lebanon

Chocolate and Coffee Cake

Leila Kadri @cook_3647063

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Ingredients

45 mins

10 servings

For the cake:
2 cupsall-purpose flour
2 cupssugar
1 cupvegetable oil
1 cupwarm brewed coffee
3/4 cupmilk
2eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoonbaking powder
2 teaspoonsbaking soda
2/3 cupunsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoonsalt
1/2 teaspoonvanilla extract
For the ganache:
200 g (7 oz.)semi-sweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 cupheavy cream
1 tablespoonsugar
1 teaspoonbutter

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Steps

45 mins

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
2

Coat a round cake tin with the butter and dust with some flour.
3

Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add the sugar and combine all.
4

To another bowl, add the oil, eggs, vanilla extract, brewed coffee and milk. Beat with an electric mixer for 1 minute.
5

Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients. Now mix gently with a wooden spoon just to homogenize the mixture.
6

Pour the batter into the cake tin evenly.
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Bake for 40-45 minutes, or until you insert a skewer in the center of the cake and it comes out clean.
8

Remove from the oven and set aside to cool down.
9

Prepare the chocolate ganache:
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Pour the chocolate in a heat-proof bowl.
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In a small heavy saucepan, heat the cream and bring just to a boil.
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Directly pour over the chopped chocolate.Stir in the sugar and butter. Set aside.
13

Allow the ganache to slightly cool down. Invert the cake onto a large dish. Drizzle the chocolate ganache on top.