Mocha Whiskey Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 12
ingredients
- 1 -2 tablespoon unsalted butter (for greasing pan)
- 1 -2 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa (for dusting pan)
- 3⁄4 cup unsalted butter
- 3⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1⁄2 cups brewed coffee (strong is best)
- 1⁄2 cup whiskey (I use Dark Horse)
- 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar
- 3⁄4 cup dark brown sugar (demerara firmly packed)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon sea salt (fine)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips (mini or lightly chopped)
- 1 -2 tablespoon icing sugar (for dusting on top)
directions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Butter a 10 inch springform pan and dust with cocoa powder.
- In a medium saucepan warm the coffee, whiskey, 3/4 cup butter, 3/4 cup cocoa. Stir gently until butter is melted.
- Whisk the sugars (white and brown) into the coffee mixture and stir until dissolved.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
- in a bowl mix together the dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt, pepper and cloves).
- In a small bowl whisk the eggs and vanilla together, then slowly add the eggs to the coffee/cocoa mixture.
- Mix the dry and wet ingredients together and mix until smooth.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into your prepared pan, bake in the preheated over for 55 -60 minutes (or until toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean).
- Cool on a wire rack, remove from pan and dust with the icing sugar.
- Enjoy.
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