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April 4, 2016

Coffee Iced Chocolate Nut Cake

Chocolate and coffee in one sweet treat — why yes, I think I’ll have some! This coffee iced chocolate nut cake combines my favorite ingredients in one moist cake that is great with coffee or as a breakfast treat.

I’m a sucker for old books–and especially for old cookbooks. Finding hand-written recipes tucked in with the printed ones is a treat, and it’s how I’ve found some of my favorite recipes–including today’s recipe for coffee iced chocolate nut cake. I found it pinned in a 1938 copy of Better Homes and Gardens, meticulously written in gorgeous cursive and was instantly intrigued because it included three of my absolute favorite things: chocolate, nuts, and coffee.

Jennifer here again. The first time I made this recipe I spent most of the time thinking “Chocolate nut cake? This looks like soup!” I should have trusted my elders, as it turned out just fine. Further experimentation with chocolate quantities and types of nuts yielded additional tasty results, but I’ve always gone back to the original recipe I found tucked away in a dusty old cookbook.

The chocolate of the cake is subtle, which makes it perfect for an afternoon snack; the pecans offer a nice crunch with the moist cake. I generally make this as a bundt cake with coffee icing drizzled over the top–it’s easier to share with friends that way–but I think it would make an absolutely delicious layer cake, too.

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A few notes on making this: I follow the recipe I found pretty strictly, but the more experienced of you will no doubt have shortcuts and tricks that serve you better. Because the recipe calls for mixing so many of the dry ingredients together before adding the wet, it’s critical to scrape down the bowl thoroughly and often.

And yes, when you finish adding everything together, the batter really does look soupy but of course it all comes together just fine in the oven. The coffee icing recipe creates more of a frosting, which is why I tend to thin it a bit with milk to make it easier to drizzle.

Chocolate Nut Cake with Coffee Icing

Chocolate Nut Cake with Coffee Icing

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 ½ cups firmly-packed brown sugar
  • 1 ¼ cups milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs, unbeaten
  • 3 squares (1.5 ounces) Baker’s unsweetened chocolate, melted
  • 1 cup finely chopped nuts (I used pecans)

For icing:

  • 2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
  • Dash of salt
  • 3 Tablespoons hot coffee
  • Milk to thin to desired consistency
  • (optional: 2 tablespoons chopped nuts)

Instructions

  1. Stir or mix butter just to soften. (Mix by hand or with electric mixer on low speed.)
  2. Sift in dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, and salt).
  3. Add brown sugar--force through sieve to remove lumps, if necessary.
  4. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the mixing bowl, then add ½ cup milk, vanilla, and the eggs.
  5. Mix until all flour is dampened, then BEAT ONE MINUTE.
  6. Add remaining milk and blend. Add chocolate and BEAT 2 MINUTES LONGER. Count only actual beating time - or count beating strokes. Allow at least 100 full strokes per minute.
  7. Scrape bowl and spoon or beater often.
  8. Add nuts.
  9. Turn batter into greased pan.
  10. Bake at 375°F for 35 minutes or until done. Cool on a wire rack.

Coffee Icing

  1. Mix together the ingredients and beat well. Drizzle over cake.

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Filed Under: Bundt Cakes, Cakes, Uncategorized Tagged With: chocolate, chocolate nut cake, coffee, coffee icing, Pecans

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Comments

  1. Becky Kozowski says

    April 5, 2016 at 8:31 am

    I love how you all continue to love Joan and her children by keeping her memory and dream alive through this blog. It has touched and blessed my heart! I enjoyed Joan’s posts, and now yours as well. What a gift to her, and especially to her family! Thank you for being an example of a loving and supporting family :-). I’m looking forward to trying this recipe.

    • Gail Dickinson says

      April 6, 2016 at 9:04 am

      Thanks Becky, Your support means a lot to us.

  2. Sue Younkin says

    April 5, 2016 at 1:29 pm

    Welcome Kim!! We miss Joan so much, as I am sure you do ,too! Thanks for helping to continue spreading the the news of new and wonderful chocolate deliciousness! Can wait to make this cake with the coffee icing! It sounds fantastic…especially to a coffee lover like me!!

    • Kim Roberson says

      April 5, 2016 at 2:33 pm

      Sue,
      Thank you! Our entire family is pitching in to help keep the blog going as Joan had wanted it to, so we hope we are able to keep spreading her love of chocolate — and all things sweet! Let me know what you think of the cake once you make it!!

      Kim

  3. Linda says

    April 13, 2016 at 9:35 pm

    I’m not seeing your pan size here. The photos look like a 10 or 12 cup bundt cake pan but it would be great to have the size to make sure I use one that will hold the cake batter. Thanks! I’m excited to try this one. It sounds wonderful.

    • Gail Dickinson says

      April 20, 2016 at 12:13 pm

      Jennifer said it was a 10″ bundt pan.

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