This is a fabulous cake! A melding of chocolate, mocha and cream cheese flavors 🙂 Without frosting, the cake alone is also very delicious. Chocolate ganache also makes a wonderful topping for this cake.
Summary
(226 votes, average: 4.46 out of 5)
Loading...- Course dessert
- Cuisine english
- Yield 15 serving
- Cooking Time 160 minutes
- Total Time 160 minutes
Ingredients
Cake
unsalted butter
1 Cup
brown sugar
3 Cups
egg
4
vanilla extract
3 Teaspoons
all purpose flour
3 Cups
cocoa Powder
3/4 Cup
baking soda
3 Teaspoons
salt
1/2 Teaspoon
coffee Black
1 1/2 Cups
sour cream
1 1/3 Cups
Frosting
cream cheese
12 Ounces
unsalted butter
6 Tablespoons
chocolate Bittersweet
6 Ounces
coffee Black
6 Tablespoons
vanilla extract
2 Teaspoons
sugar Confectioners
4 1/2 Cups
Steps
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Make sure that butter is at room temperature. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
- Combine all the dry ingredients - flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
- Prepare black coffee with triple the strength of a normal black coffee. I used 3 tsps of coffee powder to prepare 1 cup coffee. Let your coffee cool down.
- Add to creamed mixture alternately with cooled coffee and sour cream, beating well after each addition.
- Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Frosting :- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
- Prepare coffee in the same manner. Beat in the chocolate, cooled coffee and vanilla until blended.
- Adjust confectioners sugar quantity according to your desired sweetness. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar.
- Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread the filling. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake. Cover and refrigerate until serving.