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Chocolate Espresso Cake with Honey Icing

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A strong cup of coffee and some good chocolate chips make this cake a winner for anybody looking for that perfect combination of bitter and sweet. Like that first cup of coffee in the morning before anybody else is awake.

Ingredients

  • 1 stick of butter (room temperature)
  • 1/2 c. white sugar
  • 1/3 c. brown sugar
  • 2 eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 2 c. flour
  • 2 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 c. cocoa powder
  • 1 c. hot coffee
  • 3/4 c. chocolate chips

Icing

  1. 1/4 c. powdered sugar
  2. 2 tbsp. milk
  3. 1 tbsp. honey

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare a ten inch round cake pan.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer put your butter and sugar and mix until fluffy. Add the vanilla while you mix this.
  3. Add your eggs one at a time waiting until one is combined before you put in the next.
  4. In a separate bowl whisk together all your dry ingredients.
  5. Alternating between your dry ingredients and the coffee (ending with the coffee) combine your ingredients. Don’t over mix.
  6. Fold in your chocolate chips and put in your prepared pan.
  7. Bake for 30 minutes until knife comes out clean. Leave to cool completely.
  8. Once cooled mix together your icing ingredients and swirl them on top of your cake.

Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Mascarpone Icing

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This is the prettiest cake I have ever made hands down. It was the crowning achievement of a day of cooking on Easter this year. I wanted to do a big southern dinner for my family because we couldn’t have any outside celebrations. I knew after a heavy dinner of chicken and greens I needed a lighter then air dessert and this is it.

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 c. flour
  • 1 c. sugar
  • 1/2 c. olive oil
  • 1/4 c. butter (room temperature)
  • 1 c. buttermilk ( room temperature)
  • 3 eggs (room temperature)
  • 1/4 c. lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp. lemon zest
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda

Icing

  • 1 c. heavy cream
  • 1/2 c. mascarpone cheese
  • 2 tbsp. sugar

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 10 in cake pan with cooking spray or lightly oil the pan.
  2. In the bowl of a stand mixer put your butter and sugar and whip till fluffy.
  3. Add eggs in one at a time waiting till one is completely combined before you add the next one.
  4. Add in olive oil and lemon juice and mix to combine.
  5. In a separate bowl whisk together all your dry ingredients and zest.
  6. Alternating between buttermilk and dry ingredients ending with the butter milk mix to combine. Don’t over mix.
  7. Bake for 30 minutes till a knife comes out clean. Leave to cool for about 20 minutes.
  8. After your cake is cooled and your mixing bowl is cleaned put all your icing ingredients into the bowl and whisk together until you get what resembles a stiff peak.
  9. Put icing on only the top of the cake. Then decorate with glazed berries and mint if you like.

Tiffin (Kitchen Sink Fridge Cake)

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Tiffin is a confectionary delight that comes to us from Scotland. It’s not baked in fact the only heat that comes to this little beauty is when you melt the chocolate and truthfully if you aren’t looking to turn on the oven you can melt the chocolate and golden syrup together in the microwave. This makes it the perfect treat for when the weather is warm and you need something to please a crowd.

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup golden syrup
  • 1 stick butter ( cut into chunks)
  • 4 oz milk chocolate(cut into rough chunks)
  • 4 oz. dark chocolate (cut into rough chunks)
  • About 10 biscuits crushed (I used Mcvities digestive biscuits. )
  • 1/4 cup golden raisins
  • 1/3 cup whoppers (or other honeycomb centered candy)
  • 1/4 cup dried cherries
  • 1/4 cup slivered almonds

Directions

  1. In a medium size heat proof bowl put your chocolate, golden syrup, and butter. You can melt this together one of two ways ( either over a pan of lightly simmering water OR in short bursts in the microwave.)
  2. In another bowl mix together all the rest of your ingredients. Then pour your chocolate mixture over your ingredients and stir to combine.
  3. In an 8×8 pan lined with parchment paper pour your mixture and smooth it out on top.
  4. Place in the fridge for at least an hour to chill and set up.
  5. When its completely set cut into equal pieces.

Mincemeat Cake

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What is it?

Mincemeat pie is a British dessert filled with raisins, currants, candied peel, apples and brown sugar. It is normally cooked together with suet. If you are unfamiliar suet is a hard animal fat either beef or lamb. I’m not certain where to get Suet in the states so I used vegetable shortening. The pie has an origin that dates back to the 1400’s when the pie actually had mincemeat in it. It was a way to preserve meat without having to go through the usually methods of drying and curing.

Today Mincemeat Pie doesn’t have meat in it anymore. It is a spiced fruit pie served during Christmas time. I didn’t want to make pastry so I didn’t end up making pie. I made a simple square cake that made my whole house smell like Christmas.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups All purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 tbsp. pumpkin spice
  • 3 tbsp. melted butter
  • 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs beaten

Mincemeat Mixture

  • 1 apple diced
  • 1/4 cup raisins
  • 1/3 cup candied mixed peel
  • 1/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tsp. pumpkin spice
  • 1/4 cup vegetable shortening

Directions

  1. In a saucepan on medium heat place all your mincemeat mixture and cook until the apples have softened and the shortening and brown sugar melt together. Lower the heat and simmer while putting the rest of your batter together.
  2. Preheat your own to 370 degrees.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl whisk your flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, brown sugar, pumpkin spice.
  4. Melt your butter in the microwave for a minute.
  5. Put oil and butter into the dry ingredients.
  6. In a small bowl beat the two eggs together and add to rest of your batter.
  7. Add your warm mincemeat mixture and whisk until the batter is well combined.
  8. Put batter in a 8×8 square cake tin and bake for 25-30 minutes until a knife comes out clean.

Strawberry Olive Oil Cake

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So I know this recipe is not like traditional olive oil cake recipes I looked at, but I’m still gonna call it olive oil cake because that was the inspiration for the recipe. Instead of milk I used olive oil and the result is a rich delicious cake with the bright flavor of strawberry. You will not be able to stop eating. It will call to you like the ocean calls to moana.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
  • 1/3 cup olive oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup sliced strawberries
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a square 8×8 cake pan and line it with parchment paper.
  2. In the bowl of your mixer with the whisk attachment cream together your sugar and butter until it’s fluffy.
  3. Add your egg and vanilla and whisk to combine.
  4. Add all your dry ingredients and whisk to combine. It will be slightly dry.
  5. Slowly whisk in your oil until you get a well combined hydrated batter. You may need more oil or you may need less. It will be a slightly thick consistency.
  6. Fold in your strawberries until well distributed.
  7. Place in your prepared tin and bake for 40 minutes. It will still look soft but will firm up as it sits.
  8. Top with powdered sugar and serve to happy people.