CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE

By curly

Ingredients

• 7 ounces bittersweet chocolate
• 4 ounces (1 stick) butter (plus more for greasing the pan)
• 1 3/4 cups of strong coffee
• 1/4 cup bourbon whisky (if skipping the whisky, just use more coffee)
• 3/4 teaspoon of salt (if using salted butter, reduce to 1/8 teaspoon of salt)
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 Tbsp cocoa for dusting the bundt pan
• 1 Tbsp powdered sugar for dusting the cake (optional)
• One 2 1/2-quart capacity bundt pan (or two 4x8x2 loaf pans)

Details

Servings 12
Preparation time 25mins
Cooking time 100mins
Adapted from simplyrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

1/4 cup bourbon whisky (if skipping the whisky, just use more coffee)

Preheat oven to 275°F. Grease inside of a 2-quart bunt pan with a thin layer of butter. Sprinkle cocoa over the butter. Set aside.

Place a metal bowl over a saucepan filled with an inch or two of water, make sure that the water is not touching the bottom of the metal bowl. Place the chocolate, butter, coffee, bourbon, and salt in the metal bowl. Heat the saucepan to a low simmer. (Basically you are creating a double boiler to gently melt the chocolate mixture.) Stir occasionally as the chocolate melts. Once the mixture is melted and smooth, remove the bowl from heat and let sit to cool for 15 minutes (you can chill in the refrigerator if you want to speed up this process.)

In a medium bowl, vigorously whisk together the flour and baking soda.

In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, and vanilla together until light and foamy (you can use a hand mixer for this, or a stand up mixer).

Once the chocolate mixture has cooled sufficiently, slowly whisk it into the egg sugar mixture. Then, stir in the flour mixture, a third at a time. Whisk until smooth. (The batter will be rather liquid-y. Don't worry about it.)

Pour into the prepared bundt pan. Place on the middle rack of the preheated oven. Bake at 275°F for 1 hour 15 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.