Chocolate, Cardamom, And Coffee Cake

• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 7/8 cups raw sugar
• 3 eggs
• 7/8 cup heavy cream
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 ounces espresso double
• 4 tablespoons instant coffee
• 5/8 cup dark chocolate
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 3 tablespoons rum
• 7/8 cup dark chocolate
• 3 3/8 tablespoons heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons butter
• cocoa Bittersweet, powdered

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. Dissolve the instant coffee in the double espresso and cool completely.
3. Melt the chocolate in a small saucepan over a double boiler.
4. Beat the eggs with the raw sugar and add the rum, heavy cream, coffee, melted chocolate, and ground cardamom and mix well.
5. Sift the flour with the baking powder and incorporate it into the batter gradually.
6. Pour the batter in a wax paper-lined springform pan.
7. Bake the cake for approximately 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8. Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool completely.
9. In the meantime, prepare the ganache by heating the heavy cream and pouring it into a bowl with the chocolate chopped coarsely and the butter.
10. Stir well in order to melt the chocolate completely and let the mixture cool slightly.
11. The ganache will begin to thicken, pour it over the cake before it becomes too thick.
12. Finally sprinkle the cake with the powdered cocoa.

flour, sugar, eggs, heavy cream, baking powder, espresso, instant coffee, dark chocolate, ground cardamom, rum, dark chocolate, heavy cream, butter, cocoa bittersweet

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Chocolate_-Cardamom_-and-Coffee-Cake-632337 (may not work)