my yummy hot expresso cakes
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My girlfriend sent me this recipe knowing how much I like to bake. I changed a few ingredients to make it mine. I don't have an Espresso Machine so I went to our local coffee shop and bought a large expresso coffee and brought it home to use in this recipe. I forgot to pick up some coffee sugar crystals so I used nuts instead. My husband and I love the flavor of this cake.. I took the leftover cake pieces and packaged them for another day. I'll just spoon into a bowl and add sauce. Just enough for the two of us. This is the picture she sent me and I forgot to take a picture. Next time I will.
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yield
6 serving(s)
Ingredients For my yummy hot expresso cakes
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oil, melted butter or cooking spray
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cake:
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1 1/2 call purpose flour
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1 Tbspbaking powder
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1 Tbspunsweetened cocoa
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3/4 cunsalted butter, softened
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3/4 clight brouwn sugar
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3eggs, beaten
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1 tsppure vanilla extract
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3 Tbspstrong expresso coffee, cooled
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crushed pecans, walnuts (optional) or coffee sugar crystals.
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sauce:
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1 Tbspcornstartch
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1 cstrong expresso coffee
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1/2 clight cream
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3 Tbsplight brown sugar
How To Make my yummy hot expresso cakes
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1Preheat your oven to 350 and greese and flour a 7 X 11 inch rectangular cake pan and shake of excess flour out of pan and set aside.
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2Sift the flour, baking powder and cocoa into a large bowl and add the butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla extract.
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3Beat well until the mixture is smoothe and then beat in the coffee.
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4Spoon the mixture into the prepared pan and smoothe to surface with a spatula.
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5Place in oven and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until risen and firm to the touch.
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6Remove cake from oven and place on a wire rack.
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7To make the sauce; mix the cornstartch with 2 tablespoons of the coffee, then add to a pan with the remaining coffee, cream and brown sugar.
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8Heat gently while stirring until boiling, then reduce the heat and stir for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened.
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9Using a 3 1/2 inch plain cookie cutter, stamp out 6 circles from the warm cake (the leftovers can be eaten cold)
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10Place the cakes onto warmed serving plates and sprinkle with coffe sugar crystals and walnuts or pecans (optional). Spoon the sauce over cakes and serve warm.
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