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Here is a 100 year old family recipe for chocolate cake with a tasty coffee cream glaze.  This make a rich chocolate cake the old fashioned way.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: coffee icing, old fashioned recipe, rich chocolate cake, scratch cake
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 434kcal
Author: Analida Braeger

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup butter
  • 1 egg
  • 2 ounces baking chocolate semi-sweet, melted
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¾ tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Coffee cream glaze:

  • 4 Tbsp. butter
  • 2 cups confectioners sugar sifted
  • ½ oz. chocolate melted, semi-sweet
  • 2 Tbsp. heavy cream
  • 2 Tbsp. liquid coffee

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven at 350F.
  • In a stand mixer cream together the sugar, and ½ cup of butter at room temperature until light and fluffy then add the egg.
  • Add 2 oz. of melted chocolate.
  • Sift together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder and add this to the batter alternating with the buttermilk.
  • Add to your prepared baking pan.You can use a mini bundt pan coated lightly with butter and cocoa powder, or a full size bundt pan.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a cake tester comes out clean.
  • To make the glaze: In a stand up mixer cream butter at room temperature with the confectioners sugar until well combined. Add in heavy cream and the melted chocolate.
  • Add in liquid coffee or just enough to have it achieve glaze consistency.
  • Drizzle over cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 434kcal | Carbohydrates: 88g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Sodium: 291mg | Potassium: 299mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 57g | Vitamin A: 135IU | Calcium: 82mg | Iron: 3.3mg