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Chocolate-Chunk Chocolate Cake

3.8

(26)

Don't worry if you can't wait for this yummy cake to cool - it's also delicious warm.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 8

Ingredients

2 tablespoons warm water
1 tablespoon instant coffee crystals
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs, room temperature
2/3 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 3.52-ounce milk chocolate Toblerone bars, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
Powdered sugar

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter springform pan; dust with flour Stir 2 tablespoons water and coffee in small bowl until coffee dissolves; set aside.

    Step 2

    sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add 1 1/2 cups sugar, beating until well blended. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Add coffee mixture, sour cream and vanilla extract and beat to blend. Stir in flour mixture. Fold in half of chocolate pieces.Transfer batter to prepared pan.

    Step 3

    Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer cake to rack; sprinkle remaining chocolate pieces over hoe cake. Cool 10 minutes. Cut around pan sides to loosen cake; release pan sides. Cool cake completely.

    Step 4

    Sift powdered sugar over cake. Cut into wedges and serve.

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