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Simple Chocolate Cake

Source of Recipe


From "Colette's Birthday Cakes" by Colette Peters






List of Ingredients



• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• 1/4 tsp salt
  
• 1-3/4 cups hot coffee
  
• 1/4 cup bourbon, Kahlua, or orange juice
  
• 5 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, cut into small pieces
  
• 2 sticks unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
  
• 2 cups granulated sugar
  
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 300º F. Grease and flour two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans; set aside. Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
   
   
2. Combine hot coffee, bourbon, chopped chocolate and butter in a large metal bowl. Cover and let stand until completely melted, then whisk ingredients together. Whisk in the sugar and cool. Whisk in the flour mixture in 2 batches, then the eggs and vanilla.
   
   
3. Pour batter into prepared pans and bake about 45 minutes, rotating pans halfway through. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean. Cool the cakes in the pans set on wire racks. To unmold, run a knife around the inside edge of the pan. Place a rack on top, invert, and give the pan a gentle shake to remove cake. When completely cool, wrap well in plastic wrap and again in aluminum foil and refrigerate or freeze until ready to frost.
   
   Serves 20