Monday, June 10, 2013

Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake

Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
There are days when I think of baking something and then some other work takes over and the baking gets postponed.Then there are days where I'll be in the kitchen doing a headless chicken run trying to finish one job before the next one crops up.Funnily it is on those days,when I am most busy in the kitchen I try and find solace in baking.

I had to clean up the fridge leftovers and then cross check the provisions for the month and the maid was on leave.Suddenly I had this idea of baking Cinnamon rolls.So I kept all the items on my counter top aside and made space for kneading the dough.After finishing the shaping of the rolls I realized the quantity was too less to be shared.
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake
Immediately decided to bake a cake.Fortunately I had halved this recipe and written down in my word document so assembling everything was an easy job.In between pots and pans occupying space on the counter top,I made way for the cake too and the best part I love about baking is the cleaning up afterwards.

Yes,I find it so therapeutic cleaning up the whole kitchen while waiting for my bread/cake to bake.I find the job gets done fast too!

Coffee and chocolate is a combination made in heaven.Deep,rich flavors melding together made this cake a real delight.Chocolate ganache,of course can never go wrong and pairs so well this cake,please don't skip it!
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake
Recipe source - Jane's Sweets and Baking Journal

Ingredients


Coffee powder - 1 tsp
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp 
Hot water - ¼ tsp 
All purpose flour/Maida - 1 ½ cups 
Cocoa powder - ¼ cup 
Salt - a fat pinch
Baking powder - a fat pinch
Baking soda - a fat pinch
Dark chocolate coarsely chopped OR Chocolate chips - 1 cup
Butter - 1/2 cup/100 gms
Granulated sugar - 1 cup
Brown sugar - 1/3 cup
Eggs - 3 medium
Yogurt - ½ cup

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.Grease well a 6 cup Bundt tin.
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
Stir together the espresso powder,vanilla extract and hot water in a small bowl.
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
Sift together the flour,cocoa, baking powder, 
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
baking soda, and salt. 
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
In a medium size bowl, toss the chocolate pieces with about 1 Tbsp. of this flour mixture. Set both aside.
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
Cream the butter for for a minute and then add sugar in 3 lots.Add brown sugar and beat for 2 more minutes.
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
Add the eggs one by one beating for 45 seconds after each addition.
Mix in the coffee mixture and beat again.Scrape the bowl.
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
Add the sifted flour and yogurt alternately(3 additions of the flour and 2 additions of yogurt).
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
Switch to a spatula and fold in the chocolate chips.
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake 
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Cool the cake in the pan on a cooling rack for 10-15 minutes.Loosen the edges with a knife and remove the cake from the tin and let it cool for another 20 minutes or so.
Pour ganache on top and let it set for another 10 minutes.Slice and serve.

For the Chocolate ganache
Dark Chocolate - 200gms
Cream - 200 ml
Butter - 1 tbsp 

In a thick bottomed stainless steel pan,heat the cream until bubbles start appearing on the sides.
Mix in chopped chocolate and stir for a while.Switch off heat and let it sit for 5 minutes.
Whisk well till no chocolate lumps appear and the ganache becomes smooth and creamy.Mix in the butter.
Let it cool down to room temperature and use as required.
Espresso Choco-chip Bundt Cake
Notes
  • The original recipe uses sour cream and I substituted it with yogurt,which turned out just fine.Additionally,it also has cream as an ingredient and I forgot to add it,still fine :)
  • I greased the bundt pan with butter and dusted with cocoa powder.Somehow,the heat caused the cocoa powder to brown slightly and form a teeny layer on top of the cake,which didn't affect the taste but the looks.
  • Make sure you mix the chocolate chips with flour,it helps in evenly distributing the chocolate in the cake batter.

23 comments :

  1. Super tasty and perfectly baked cake !! looks so heavenly !!

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  2. what a lovely cake :) good one divya !

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  3. nicely baked one..looks absolutely delicious

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  4. Chocolaty bundt cake looks gorgeous and yummy.

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  5. Wow, what a tempting cake! Good job divya!! Going to try this soon:)

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  6. Nice clicks, cake looks delicious.

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  7. Fantastic cake, a perfect treat for choco lovers

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  8. Wowww.. looks awesome and tempting.. Yummy !!

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  9. Omg, gorgeous and very tempting bundt cake.

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  10. gorgeous cake , Divya. and as usual..very well explained. And hey..do drop by my "pick quicks" blog (non-foodie one) if u are in for some hearty laugh. Hope u will be a follower there as well.

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  11. Lovely cake. I love coffee & I hardly make these at home coz my hubby hates it:( Your pics are making me crave & I wish I could halve one slice now before I go off to sleep....

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  12. awesome loved the pics :-) bookmarked the recipe

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  13. I was looking for a good Cake recipe for my Hubby's B'day ........ I think this is the one .......... loved it ........

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  14. love your blog divya........greatly appreciate your way of writing down a recipe wid sooo much details and pictures.......gooood work...keep it up :-)))

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  15. great work divya....love your blog :-))))

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  16. Baked this beauty Yesday with super duper results :)...Thanks a lot Divya for this wonderful recipe.

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  17. I have seen lot of recipes like pound cake n all which needs sour cream,Can we make use of yogurt instead? Its difficult to get sour cream.

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    1. I have always substituted sour cream with yogurt and have had successful results :)

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  18. What a delicious cake. My mouth is watering and this cake surely tempting.

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Divya.

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