Mocha Truffle Cake
Cake: 1 lb Unsalted butter Cut into pieces 1 lb Semisweet chocolate 1 c Strong coffee 2 c Sugar 8 lg Eggs; room temp Frosting: 1 c Heavy cream 1/4 c Powdered sugar 1/4 ts Vanilla
Ingredients
- 1c strong coffee
- 2c sugar
- 8lg eggs; room temp
- 1/4c powdered sugar
- 1/4ts vanilla
Directions
- 1
Cake: 1 lb Unsalted butter Cut into pieces 1 lb Semisweet chocolate 1 c Strong coffee 2 c Sugar 8 lg Eggs
- 2
room temp Frosting: 1 c Heavy cream 1/4 c Powdered sugar 1/4 ts Vanilla Chocolate flakes
- 3
see note Recipe by: San Francisco Encore Cookbook CAKE: Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- 4
Completely line the bottom and sides of a 10-inch cake pan with foil, allowing some of the foil to extend beyond the top of the pan
- 5
Smooth out the foil as much as possible
- 6
Generously coat with some of the butter
- 7
Melt the chocolate with the remaining butter, coffee, and sugar over low heat
- 8
Simmer over low heat until the sugar dissolves