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Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup strong coffee
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 cup whipping cream, whipped
1 angel food cake


Recipe

Combine sugar, coffee and corn syrup in saucepan at least 5 inches deep. Bring mixture to boil and cook until it reaches 310¼F on candy thermometer or reaches hard-crack stage (when small amount dropped in cold water breaks with brittle snap). Press baking soda through sieve to remove lumps. Remove syrup 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 or stir). 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.