chocolate spelt cake

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Recipe by
Catherine Cappiello Pappas
Amityville, NY

This is a delicious and healthy dessert. Normally, spelt flour is used in breads, but here it makes a light and moist cake!

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yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 5 Min
cook time 50 Min

Ingredients For chocolate spelt cake

  • 2 cups spelt
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • 1 cup warm coffee
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ¾ tsp. salt
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ¾ cup instant hot coco powder
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ½ cup currants or raisins

How To Make chocolate spelt cake

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    Preheat Oven 350 degrees:

    Add tablespoon of instant coffee to the warm coffee along with the vanilla, baking soda and currants; and stir till frothy.

    Combine in a medium bowl the spelt, instant coco and salt.

    In a mix-master beat the butter, brown sugar and white sugar and mix until smooth. Add the eggs and continue to mix; slowly add the coffee mixture and continue to mix.

    While still mixing on low add the spelt mixture and mix.

    Prepare a bundt pan with butter all around and then dust all over with the instant coco.

    Bake 50 – 55 minutes or until tooth pick test comes out clean.

    Let the cake cool a bit before trying to remove from pan.
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