By Bethany Lyttle, CountryLiving
Try this delicious variation on our Basic Chocolate Cake.
Total Time:
Cook:
Level:
Moderate
Ingredients
Basic Chocolate Cake:
- 1½ c. sifted cake flour
- ⅓ c. Dutch-process cocoa
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 c. sugar
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 c. Strong brewed coffee
- ⅓ c. light olive oil
- 1½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp. aged balsamic vinegar
Spice Blend:
- 1¼ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- ¼ tsp. nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. coriander
- ¼ tsp. black pepper
- 1½ tsp. vanilla extract
- 1¼ c. chopped mixed nuts
- 1½ c. chopped raisins
- 3 tsp. chopped candied orange peel
- 8 oz. chopped bittersweet chocolate
Directions
- Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Butter and flour a 10-inch nonstick springform pan. Set aside.
- Whisk the cake flour, cocoa, baking soda, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl and set aside. Stir the coffee, oil, vanilla, and vinegar together and whisk into the flour mixture just until smooth.
- Stir the cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, coriander, black pepper, vanilla extract, nuts, raisins, candied orange peel, and bittersweet chocolate into the batter.
- Pour into the prepared springform pan. Bake until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out clean — about 40 minutes. Cool completely, in the pan, on a wire rack. Unmold cake and dust top with cocoa before serving.
