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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.