Triple Chocolate Mocha Cake
photo by 2Bleu
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
-
12
ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 3⁄4 cups flour
- 1 cup hershey's special dark cocoa, plus extra
- hershey's special dark cocoa, for dusting pans
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup chocolate milk
- 3 tablespoons hot fudge topping (don't heat, just measure cold)
- 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 cup water, very hot
- 3 teaspoons instant espresso powder (heaping teaspoons-I use Medaglia D'Oro brand-you could use any brand)
directions
- Butter 2 8" cake pans or muffin pans, etc, and coat evenly with cocoa powder (I began using my new silicone pans with this recipe and did not need to pre-treat my pans with butter or cocoa).
- In large bowl mix together well first 8 ingredients with a wire whisk.
- Add eggs, chocolate milk, hot fudge topping, butter and vanilla; beat on medium for 2 minutes.
- In a small bowl, mix together hot water and instant espresso, stirring well to dissolve.
- Add espresso carefully to cake mix and beat until mixed well, batter will seem thin.
- Pour evenly into the prepared pans.
- Bake in pre-heated oven at 350º for about 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean; it's a dense cake and won't rise as high as you might expect.
- Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to cool completely.
- Frost or dust with powdered sugar as desired.
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