Corner Espresso Shop Chocolate Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F; line bottom of 9" springform pan with non-stick foil or parchment paper, and wrap outside of pan with a layer of heavy-duty aluminim foil.
• Place chocolate in large bowl; set aside, In medium saucepan bring butter, sugar, and espresso to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar; once melted and blended, add to chocolate, whisking until smooth; cool slightly.
• Lightly beat eggs together; whisk in some of chocolate mixture, then add egg mixture into remainder of chocolate mixture, whisking until smooth.
• Pour batter into springform pan, place pan in a large roasting pan, pouring enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the pan.
• Bake for approximately one hour, or until a cake tester comes out with a few moist crumbs attached; remove cake from pan and chill overnight.
• Cut around sides of pan with butter knife to loosen cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Butter and flour 13x9-inch baking dish.
• Mix first 6 ingredients together in a medium bowl.
• Reheat your espresso if you had to buy it at a coffee shop and mix in the baking cocoa powder.
• Add the vanilla and almond flavorings to the coffee/chocolate mixture.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk buttermilk, mayonnaise, egg yolks, and vegetable oil.
• Stir in that great smelling coffee mixture.
• Don't lick the spoon!
• Toss in the softened butter and 1/2 cup of the buttermilk mixture and mix well.
• Don't lick the spoon!
• Add all of the flour mixture.
• Beat for 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add the rest of the buttermilk mixture.
• Don't lick the spoon!
• Beat 1 to 2 minutes longer, scrapping sides of bowl occasionally.
• Don't lick the spoon yet!
• Spoon cake batter into prepared baking dish.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan.
• While cake is baking, lick the spoon and the bowl if you can no longer resist.
• When cake is room temperature frost with either Chocolate or White Buttercream Frosting- purchased or homemade.