Blums Coffee Crunch Cake
From midgelet 14 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 12
A crunch toping is made by cooking coffee and corn syrup, cooled, broken up and topped over a whipped cream frosted angelfood cake. There are a few versions of the recipe( for both cake and topping ) on the Net, The cake is described: "A light sponge cake with just a hint of lemon and vanilla, it had rich heavy whipped cream spread thinly between the layers and on the sides and top; it was covered with crushed bittersweet coffee crunch candy. Read more " Sounds great! Please note, the photo is not mine and was uploaded by an admirerer of this recipe. The following recipe uses a storebought or home made sponge or angelfood cake. See less
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sugar shopping list
- 1/4 cup strong coffee shopping list
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup shopping list
- 1 tablespoon baking soda shopping list
- 1 cup whipping cream, whipped shopping list
- 1 angel food cake ( or sponge cake ) shopping list
How to make it
- Combine sugar, coffee and corn syrup in saucepan at least 5 inches deep.
- Bring mixture to boil and cook until it reaches 310?F on candy thermometeror reaches hard-crack stage (when small amount dropped in cold water breakswith brittle snap).
- Press baking soda through sieve to remove lumps.
- Removesyrup from heat. Immediately add baking soda and stir vigorously just until mixture thickens and pulls away from sides of pan.
- (Mixture foams rapidly when soda is added.
- Do not destroy foam by beating excessively.) Immediately
- pour foamy mass into ungreased 9-inch square metal pan (do not spread orstir).
- Let stand without moving, until cool.
- When ready to garnish cake,knock topping mixture out of pan and crush between sheets of wax paper with rolling pin to form coarse crumbs.
- Frost cake with whipped cream.
- Cover frosted cake generously and thoroughly with crushed topping.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Makes 1 (9-inch) cake.
The Rating
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Awsome post. luv this one bunches!
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A nice ons, and it's good.
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I've had this cake in the past several times and its a WINNER! Thank you for bringing back some great memories of enjoying this cake with my family.
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