Spirited Cooking: Nocino Chocolate Cake Recipe

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• Few scrapes of freshly grated nutmeg
• 4 large egg whites
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup corn syrup
• 2/3 cup Nocino
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
• 2 generous tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 tablespoon Nocino

1. Adjust oven rack to lower middle position and preheat to 350u0b0F. Grease bundt pan and lightly coat with a sprinkling of granulated sugar.
2. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl until fully incorporated. In a separate large bowl, whisk the egg and buttermilk to combine. Add the brown sugar, applesauce, corn syrup, Nocino, and vanilla one ingredient at a time, whisking between each addition until smooth. Pour dry mixture over egg mixture and stir gently with a wooden spoon until fully combined.
3. Pour batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the tube comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges of the bundt pan to loosen, invert and unmold onto a wire rack to cool completely.
4. With an electric mixer, whip the heavy cream at medium-high speed until soft peaks form. With the machine running, lowly add the sugar and Nocino and whip until stiff peaks form. Serve with Chocolate Nocino Cake.

flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, egg whites, buttermilk, brown sugar, unsweetened applesauce, corn syrup, nocino, vanilla, cold heavy whipping cream, generous, nocino

Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/04/nocino-chocolate-cake-with-nocino-whip-cream.html (may not work)