Sticky Chocolate Cake
- 2 sticks butter, softened, plus more for pan
- 2 cups dark brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 1 1/3 cups water
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
- 5 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 3/4 cup raisins
- 1 cup walnuts
- Confectioners' sugar, for garnish
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Cream butter and sugar with an electric mixture until light and fluffy.
- Heat coffee, water, and chocolate in a saucepan over low heat, stirring often until chocolate has melted entirely.
- Add coffee-chocolate mixture to the creamed sugar and butter.
- Beat in eggs, 1 at a time until incorporated, and then mix in vanilla extract.
- Combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg in a mixing bowl and stir together with a fork until incorporated.
- Gradually beat the dry mixture into the wet mixture.
- Finally, fold in the raisins and walnuts.
- Butter and lightly dust a bundt pan with flour.
- Pour batter into pan and bake about 45 to 50 minutes or until a sharp knife point inserted into the cake comes out clean.
- Let cool to room temperature on a rack before inverting.
- Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve.
butter, brown sugar, coffee, water, chocolate chips, eggs, vanilla, flour, baking powder, salt, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, raisins, walnuts, confectioners
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dave-lieberman/sticky-chocolate-cake-recipe.html (may not work)