Chocolate Espresso Spelt Cake

Name: Chocolate Espresso Spelt Cake
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters packed dark brown sugar; 2 larges eggs; 2 Tbsps instant-espresso powder; 8 servings Accompaniment: lightly sweetened whipped cream; 355 milliliters 1/2 lb Medjool dates (12 to 14), pitted and coarsely chopped; 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters spelt flour; 177 milliliters 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, softened, plus additional for pan; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 237 milliliters boiling-hot water

Chocolate Espresso Spelt Cake is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 25g of fat, and a total of 527 calories. This recipe serves 8. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 25 hours. A mixture of boiling-hot water, salt, brown sugar, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter springform pan, then lightly dust with cocoa powder, knocking out excess.

Ingredients you will need

Cocoa Powder

Butter

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Springform Pan

Oven

Stir together boiling-hot water, espresso powder, vanilla, and baking soda in a bowl, then add dates, mashing lightly with a fork, and steep until liquid cools to room temperature, about 10 minutes.

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Instant Espresso

Baking Soda

Vanilla

Dates

Water

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Bowl

Whisk together spelt flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in another bowl. Beat together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy.

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Baking Powder

Cocoa Powder

Brown Sugar

Spelt Flour

Butter

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Whisk

Bowl

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until just combined. Beat in date mixture (batter will look curdled), then reduce speed to low and add flour mixture, mixing until just combined.

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All Purpose Flour

Dates

Egg

Spoon batter into springform pan, smoothing top, and bake until a wooden pick or skewer inserted into center comes out clean, about 50 minutes to 1 hour. Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes, then remove side of pan and cool cake on rack.

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Springform Pan

Oven

Skewers