Italian Chocolate Coffee Cake
40 minutes
Simple to make and egg free, this chocolate coffee cake has a secret ingredient - balsamic vinegar! It's almost a sweet and sour cake. Delicious!
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Ingredients
Makes: 1 cake
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder, plus 1 tablespoon
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon bicarb soda
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup brewed coffee
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
Directions
Preparation:15min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:40min
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees C and grease a 23cm round cake tin. Dust the tin with 1 tablespoon cocoa.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, 1/3 cup cocoa, bicarb soda, sugar and salt. In a separate bowl or glass jug, stir together the coffee, oil, vanilla and vinegar, then whisk into the dry ingredients until just blended.
- Pour into prepared cake tin and bake until it tests done, about 25 minutes.
- Let cake cool in the tin then turn out on a serving plate. Serve with whipped cream.
