Yummy Chocolate Kahlua Cake

"Dark and decadent. A great dessert."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Beat egg whites until frothy; then add sugar and beat until stiff peaks form; set aside.
  • Cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy; add egg yolks one at a time, beating after each addition.
  • Sift flour, cocoa, and baking soda together in a separate bowl; add to creamed mixture alternatively with coffee and Kahlua, blending well.
  • Fold egg whites into batter.
  • Pour batter into prepared pans.
  • Bake in a preheated oven for 30-35 minutes or until done; cool 10 minutes; invert on wire rack; remove pans.
  • Cool completely before frosting.
  • To prepare frosting, cream butter and confectioners sugar in a large bowl.
  • Add cocoa, Kahlua, and coffee, beating until smooth.
  • Spread frosting on cake; garnish cake with shaved chocolate, if desired.

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Reviews

  1. Oh mama! This is a great cake. The icing was just fantastic. Please do try it WITH the icing. It makes a world of a difference. I did end up adding 4 tablespoon of kahlua in the icing instead of three. One thing though...I felt that I couldn't really taste the kahlua in the cake (sponge) part. Maybe I might add more kahlua the next time. AA here I come :). Thanks Sue!
     
  2. I gave this recipe to a friend who made it last week. It was delicious.....and the frosting was fantastic!! We all loved it!
     
  3. So I'm not into baking, but I wanted to make a cake from scratch and this recipe caught my eye. The recipe is a little involved for a beginner, but the end result was worth it. I added extra Kahlua to the frosting - my husband said it needed something. I also added extra to the mix as some suggested in their reviews. I was short on time and didn't beat the egg whites long enough. This may be why it was a little dense. Nonetheless, my friends that tried it loved it!
     
  4. I used a Royal Dutch Callebault chocolate for this cake/icing. Loved the moist dense cake and the icing is luscious. And I used Hazelnut Kahlua...other than that I made as directed. Will definately be made again. Thank you for sharing.
     
  5. Very very good. Icing was indeed the best part. I shouldn't really say anything negative because it won't go uneaten in my house haha....But I'm afraid my 4 star is that no one flavor really popped through -- the coffee, the chocolate and the kahlua blended together nicely but it did seem to lack an overall wow factor of any one.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Great cake - I highly recommend combining this with Recipe #197942 if you love chocolate, kahlua and coffee. We made it for a family birthday party, and everyone was raving about how great it was. We made it in one large round cake tin instead of two 9-inch ones (baking it for 40 minutes) and also halved the frosting as I didn't have enough icing sugar for the full recipe, but it was definitely enough for us. Awesome!
     
  2. Oh mama! This is a great cake. The icing was just fantastic. Please do try it WITH the icing. It makes a world of a difference. I did end up adding 4 tablespoon of kahlua in the icing instead of three. One thing though...I felt that I couldn't really taste the kahlua in the cake (sponge) part. Maybe I might add more kahlua the next time. AA here I come :). Thanks Sue!
     

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