Double Chocolate Cake
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour 6 ounces
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- 2 tablespoons instant coffee, espresso
- 1 1/2 cups sugar divided
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 7 large eggs separated, plus 2 large egg whites
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil such as canola, light olive oil
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 23 cup - cacao nibs
- 1 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 4 tablespoons butter, unsalted 1/2 stick
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 tablespoons corn syrup, light
- 18 teaspoon salt
- 16 ounces bittersweet chocolate 1 pound, chips, or chopped
- To make chocolate cake:
- Preheat oven to 325F (160C).
- In large bowl, sift together cake flour, cocoa, instant espresso, 1 1/4 cups sugar, baking powder and salt.
- Stir dry ingredients well until well mixed.
- In small bowl, beat egg yolks.
- Pour egg yolks, vegetable oil, milk and vanilla into dry ingredients.
- Stir and mix until smooth and incorporated.
- Stir in cacao nibs.
- In bowl of stand mixer, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until foamy.
- With mixer running, slowly rain in remaining 1/4 cup sugar.
- Keep beating the whites until stiff peaks form.
- Fold beaten whites into rest of batter:
- Gently spoon 13 of beaten egg whites into large bowl with batter.
- Slowly fold whites into batter with spatula until well combined.
- Gently fold another 13 o beaten whites into batter.
- Do not deflate egg whites.
- Gently fold in remaining third of whites.
- Gently transfer batter with rubber spatula into 10-inch ungreased angel food cake pan.
- Bake until cake is puffed (it should rise over the top of the pan by 2 to 3 inches, but will deflate a little as it cools), lightly browned on top, and a wooden stick inserted comes out clean, 65 to 75 minutes.
- Invert pan over wine or soda bottle.
- Set pan in a draft free place and let cool completely, about 2 hours.
- Loosen sides with thin knife and tap it gently to remove the cake.
- Drizzle warm glaze over top of cake as needed.
- To make chocolate glaze:
- In medium saucepan, add butter, cream, water, vanilla, corn syrup and salt, and stir well.
- Bring to good simmer over high heat.
- Remove from heat.
- Stir in the chocolate until melted and smooth.
- This makes about 2 1/2 cups glaze, which will thicken as it cools.
- Just before glazing, rewarm slightly to thin, or stir in a little extra cream to reach desired consistency.
- It can be covered and refrigerated, for up to 1 week.
cake flour, cocoa, instant coffee, sugar, baking powder, salt, eggs, vegetable oil, milk, vanilla, cream of tartar, butter, heavy whipping cream, water, vanilla, corn syrup, salt, chips
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/double-chocolate-cake-52320 (may not work)