Chocolate Nirvana Cake
From prell2k4 15 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 16
Although this can be a bit time consuming it is well worth it.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups hot coffee shopping list
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ( I use Penzey’s natural cocoa as it is richer) shopping list
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 teaspoons baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon salt shopping list
- 1 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 2 1/4 cups white sugar shopping list
- 4 eggs - separated shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- Mocha Filling shopping list
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour shopping list
- 2 tablespoons Penzeys cocoa shopping list
- 2 tablespoons instant coffee granules shopping list
- 1 cup half-and-half shopping list
- 1 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1 cup Confectioners sugar shopping list
- 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract shopping list
- Bailey's Ganache frosting shopping list
- 8 ounces bitter sweet chocolate, chopped shopping list
- 3/4 cup heavy cream shopping list
- 3 Tablespoon Baily’s irish cream shopping list
- 3/4 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar. shopping list
How to make it
- Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Grease and put parchment or wax paper on the bottom of 3 - 9 inch round cake pans.
- In medium bowl, pour in hot coffee and cocoa, and whisk until smooth.
- Let mixture cool.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; in separate bowl.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
- Beat in egg yolks one at time
- then stir in vanilla.
- Add the flour mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture. Whip egg whites until frothy but not stiff , fold into batter.
- Spread evenly between the 3 prepared pans.
- Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Allow to cool 10 minutes in pan and then completely cool on rack
- Filling
- Mix the first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, mixing constantly, 5 minutes or until thickened (this should be very thick).
- Spoon mixture into a small bowl;
- cover with plastic wrap, pressing wrap directly onto the mixture, and let stand 30 minutes or until cool.
- Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add cooled cocoa mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
- Add vanilla, beating until mixture is consistency of whipped cream.
- Spread evenly between the two layers.
- Frosting
- Place the chopped chocolate in a bowl.
- In a sauce pan, over medium heat, warm the cream, until it just begins to boil. Stir often.
- Pour the cream over the chocolate.
- Whisk until all of the chocolate is melted and smooth.
- Add Baileys Irish Cream to chocolate and refrigerate to cool about 30 minutes.
- In a mixer whip the butter until soft and light.
- Beat in the powdered sugar.
- When chocolate mixture has cooled and hardened a bit, gradually beat into the butter/sugar mixture.
- Beat until incorporated and smooth.
- Spread on cake
- Make filling and frosting while cake is baking. Refrigerate cake, bring to room temp to serve.
The Rating
Reviewed by 8 people-
This sounds fabulous and looks beautiful. Great post. You have my 5.
chefmeow
in Garland loved it
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great delicous sounding cake thanks
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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My daughter will be 18 on July 23. She, like every other girl her age, loves Starbuck's Coffee, so I've decided to make this one for her birthday!
I hope it comes out as good for me as it's supposed to!!! It looks and sounds absolutely wonderful...more
pinkpasta
in Upstate loved it
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