Cakes and Pastries Recipes - Chocolate and Coffee Cake with Kahlua Cream Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 6:

• 6 eggs

• 7 oz (200 g) sugar

• 2 packets vanilla sugar

• 8 3/4 oz (250 g) dark chocolate

• 1/2 cup (125 ml) very strong coffee

• 7 oz (200 g) soft butter

• 2 3/4 oz (80 g) almond powder

• 2 tbsp cornstarch

• 1/2 packet of baking powder

• 1 tablespoon flour

• 10 whole walnuts

Kahlua sauce:

• 3 fl oz (90 ml) Kahlua

• 3 tbsp cream

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 410F (210C).

2. Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the yolks with both sugars until the mixture turns light and fluffy.

3. Melt the chocolate and coffee in a small saucepan over low heal Cool. Add the egg yolk mixture and stir well. Add 6 1/3 oz (180 g) of butter. the almond powder. the cornstarch and the baking powder.

4. Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks and fold gently into the previous mixture.

5. Grease and flour a pan. Pour 3/4 of the batter into the pan and bake for 15 - 20 min. Allow the cake to cool and turn it out.

6. Cut the cake into two horizontal slices. Spread the remaining chocolate batter on the bottom layer. Assemble the cake and refrigerate until serving.

7. Prepare the Kahlua sauce: mix the Kahlua and the cream. Top the cake with this sauce and decorate with whole walnuts.