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Chocolate Wake Me Up Cake
Category: Desserts, Cakes
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Ingredients:
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour * 1/8 teaspoon salt * 1 cup (packed) cocoa powder * 2 teaspoons baking soda * 1 teaspoon baking powder * 8 ounces of freshly brewed coffee. * 2 cups granulated sugar * 4 ounces unsalted butter, room temperature * 1 cup vanilla yogurt * 3 whole eggs
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour an 8-inch round cake pan or line cupcake pan with liners. Decorative, basic white or special occasion liners are nice. Sift the flour, salt, cocoa powder, baking soda and baking powder together. Reserve. Brew a fresh pot of coffee. You can get creative with this. You can use a cherry or raspberry flavored coffee, but I wouldn't use vanilla, because of the yogurt. You can use a strong espresso or a light aromatic flavor or strength of your choice. It's up to you. Cool the coffee after brewing, by taking it off the brewer and setting aside. Do not put the glass container in the refrigerator. It will break. Set aside and reserve. In a bowl of an electric mixer combine the sugar, and butter. Mix on medium speed until combined well. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add in the brewed coffee and combine on low speed. Once combined, add in the yogurt and then the eggs, 1 at a time. Your better off cracking the eggs in a separate bowl and slide in each one, at a time into mix. Incase you get a shell or bad egg. Continue to mix on low speed. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Gently fold in the sifted dry ingredients. Pour batter into cake pan or cupcake pan. Cook for about 20-25 minutes for cake or 15 for regular cupcakes and about 10 for mini cupcakes. Test by pushing lightly on the top of the cup cakes or the center of the cake for spring action. If it bounces back, their done. If not, let them cook a few more minutes and test again. Serve with a good Java Chip or Coffee ice cream. This cake is so good, that you don't want to alter the taste with frosting. Except for maybe the cupcakes. I choose a dark chocolate frosting or a fudge frosting for them. It gives a nice kick of sugar on the sweet treat. The cake is best with a scoop of ice cream. Enjoy!