Cuban Cake
Servings 0
Ingredients
- Chocolate cake ingredients broken out below
- Espresso
- Rum
- Hazelnut spread
- Whipped Cream
- Dark chocolate
- What's in the Chocolate Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 1/2 cups warm water or brewed coffee
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
Make a regular chocolate cake as follows:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Lightly butter a round 9-inch cake pan
- Dust with a flour & cocoa powder mix (70% flour - 30% Cocoa powder)
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until smooth
- Add eggs, buttermilk, warm water, oil, and vanilla
- Beat on a low speed until smooth
- Pour the batter into the cake pan, tapping the cake pan to remove any bubbles
- Bake for 30-35 minutes in a 350 degree oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool on wire racks for 15 minutes and then remove the cake from the pan and place on the wire rack to cool
- Cut the cake into 3 horizontal pieces
- Brush each cake layer with Rum and espresso mixture
- In a separate bowl, fold whip cream and hazelnut spread
- Spread the whip cream and hazelnut spread on the top of the bottom layer
- Add second layer of cake
- Brush cake with Rum and espresso mixture
- Spread the whip cream and hazelnut spread on the top of the middle cake layer
- Add final layer of cake
- Brush cake with Rum and espresso mixture
- Frost entire cake (top and sides) with remaining whip cream, hazelnut spread
- Sprinkle Dark chocolate over top or alternatively fresh cocoa











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