Spiced Chocolate and Rum Cake
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1 hour 10 minutes
This is really just a simple chocolate cake with some special subtle flavours added including rum, cinnamon, coffee and nuts.
Annika
5 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 250g butter
- 250g sugar
- 5 eggs
- 100g ground nuts, walnuts, almonds or hazelnuts
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 shots (90ml) rum
- 125ml lukewarm coffee
- 2 cups (250g) plain flour
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- chocolate icing or ganache, optional
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:50min ›
Ready in:1hour10min
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C and grease a round baking tin.
- Beat butter until fluffy then gradually beat in sugar and eggs.
- Add in order the nuts, cinnamon, cocoa, rum and lukewarm coffee.
- Mix flour and baking powder then gradually add to the mixture.
- Pour the mixture into the prepared tin and bake in the preheated oven for about 50 minutes.
- Let cake cool and enjoy as is or cover with icing or ganache as desired.
