Mocha Coffee Cake Recipe

by Mike on November 10, 2009 in Coffee Recipes

Chocolate Coffee Cake

If you’re a coffee fanatic, this is the birthday cake that you want. Actually, it’s great for any occasion. It’s easy to make and combines a chocolate-coffee cake with a coffee-butter frosting.

Mocha-Coffee Cake

Prep Time – 5 Minutes – Cook Time 25 Minutes – 8 Servings

Ingredients

¾ cup of all purpose flower
¾ cup of brown sugar
¾ cup of cocoa
½ tablespoon of baking powder
½ tablespoon of baking soda
¼ tablespoon of salt
¼ cup of buttermilk
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 eggs
4 tablespoons applesauce (alternative to vegetable oil).
1 cup of hot dark roasted coffee. We used Cafe Bustelo, but any dark roast coffee should work.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine the dry ingredients in a large bowl, then slowly whisk in wet ingredients.
Pour into a greased 9×12-inch baking pan.
Bake for 25 minutes, then allow to cool.

Coffee-Butter Frosting

Prep Time – 5 Minutes – Ready In 10 Minutes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon strong brewed coffee.
1-2 tablespoons of milk

Directions

In a small bowl, stir together the cocoa powder and confectioners sugar.
In a second bowl, beat the butter until cream, then slowly beat in the sugar mixture, scrapping the bottom of the bowl occasionally.
Stir in coffee and beat until smooth.
Apply evenly over cake.

On scale of 1-10, it was only a one or two for the amount of coffee taste that came through in the final product. However, it was a ten on the delicious scale.

Do you have a favorite coffee recipe?

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Photo by gin soak. We were distracted by the delicious taste until it was too late to take photos.

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Nate November 10, 2009 at 9:43 pm: This looks delish! Maybe you could sprinkle some via on there…lol..couldn’t resist. The cake looks, and sounds awesome…I’m going to use this recipe for the holidays, a good reason to indulge!

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Mike November 10, 2009 at 9:50 pm: I highly recommend it. It was one of the best birthday cakes that I’ve ever had made for me.

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Extreme John November 10, 2009 at 10:16 pm: Oh wow….. Yeah this is a must have. Telling Lisa now.

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Mike Reply:
I’m pretty sure you’d love this one.

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Faith November 10, 2009 at 11:02 pm: It was very easy to make, I’m glad you liked it! I really liked how the frosting came out…

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Mike Reply:
It was delicious…thank you again.

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Chris November 11, 2009 at 3:04 am: That sounds and looks amazing. I think I will have to guilt someone into making it for me in February for my birthday.

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Mike Reply:
You could said I somewhat did the same thing…it worked.

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Blazing Minds November 11, 2009 at 5:06 am: I’m certainly going to give this a try it sounds lovely, now my oven is fixed I can get back into cooking and baking again

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Mike Reply:
It’s a great way to get back into cooking and baking the right way.

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ellena307 November 28, 2009 at 2:05 pm: Looks and sounds absolutely delicious… I have to try this, and I’ll tell you my results…

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