Chocolate Turkish Coffee Cake Food

CHOCOLATE CHIP COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl and mix to combine. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon half of the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Sprinkle the chocolate chips on top. Spoon the remaining cake batter on top and smooth the top. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate and then re-invert onto a rack to cool completely.

CHOCOLATE TURKISH COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°. Lightly coat a 9-inch cake pan with nonstick pan spray; put parchment round on bottom after greasing both sides. Microwave chocolate until melted, stirring every 20 seconds, for 1 to 1½ minutes total (do not overheat the chocolate; will turn grainy). Whisk in the oil, dark brown sugar, espresso, pomegranate molasses and salt. 2. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, cardamom, baking powder and baking soda together through a fine-mesh sieve set over a medium bowl. 3. With stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the eggs on medium speed until foamy, about 30 seconds. Slowly add the granulated sugar. Once it is added, increase the mixer speed to high and continue to whip until the mixture is very thick and creamy and drips from the whisk in thick ribbons, about 3 minutes. Add chocolate-espresso mixture and beat until well combined. Remove the mixer bowl from the stand and fold in the flour mixture. Pour cake batter into prepared cake pan. Bake until the cake springs back when pressed lightly, about 30 to 35 minutes. 4. While the cake bakes, make the ganache: To a microwave-safe bowl, add the chocolate and microwave until the chocolate is melted, stirring every 20 seconds, for about 1 to 1½ minutes total. To the melted chocolate, add the warm cream and the pomegranate molasses and gently stir until smooth. Set the ganache aside at room temperature to cool and thicken. 5. Remove the cake from the oven and cool for 15 minutes, then invert it onto a wire rack and let it cool completely. Peel the parchment circle from the cake, then invert it onto a cake plate and spoon the ganache over the cake, using the back of a spoon to create soft peaks

BLACK COFFEE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Beat it all together in one big bowl.
• The batter will be very thin.
• Pour into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch pan or two 9-inch layer pans.
• Bake 350°F for 35-40 minutes.
• * This is great when filled with creamy peanut butter and frosted with dark chocolate frosting.