My Yummy Hot Expresso Cakes

By Norma DeRemer
@PApride

My girlfriend sent me this recipe knowing how much I like to bake. I changed a few ingredients to make it mine. I don't have an Espresso Machine so I went to our local coffee shop and bought a large expresso coffee and brought it home to use in this recipe. I forgot to pick up some coffee sugar crystals so I used nuts instead. My husband and I love the flavor of this cake.. I took the leftover cake pieces and packaged them for another day. I'll just spoon into a bowl and add sauce. Just enough for the two of us. This is the picture she sent me and I forgot to take a picture. Next time I will.

Rating:

★★★★★ 1 vote

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Ingredients

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: oil, melted butter or cooking spray
: cake:
1 1/2 c: all purpose flour
1 Tbsp: baking powder
1 Tbsp: unsweetened cocoa
3/4 c: unsalted butter, softened
3/4 c: light brouwn sugar
3: eggs, beaten
1 tsp: pure vanilla extract
3 Tbsp: strong expresso coffee, cooled
: crushed pecans, walnuts (optional) or coffee sugar crystals.
: sauce:
1 Tbsp: cornstartch
1 c: strong expresso coffee
1/2 c: light cream
3 Tbsp: light brown sugar

How to Make My Yummy Hot Expresso Cakes

Step-by-Step

1Preheat your oven to 350 and greese and flour a 7 X 11 inch rectangular cake pan and shake of excess flour out of pan and set aside.
2Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa into a large bowl and add the butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.
3Beat well until the mixture is smoothe and then beat in the coffee.
4Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and smoothe to surface with a spatula.
5Place in oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until risen and firm to the touch.
6Remove cake from oven and place on a wire rack.
7To make the sauce; mix the cornstartch with 2 tablespoons of the coffee, then add to a pan with the remaining coffee, cream and brown sugar.
8Heat gently while stirring until boiling, then reduce the heat and stir for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
9Using a 3 1/2 inch plain cookie cutter, stamp out 6 circles from the warm cake (the leftovers can be eaten cold)
10Place the cakes onto warmed serving plates and sprinkle with coffe sugar crystals and walnuts or pecans (optional). Spoon the sauce over cakes and serve warm.