Showing posts with label chocolate recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chocolate recipes. Show all posts

Monday, August 30, 2021

Mini Peanut Butter Cup Muffins #MuffinMonday

These mini peanut butter cup muffins are full of peanut butter flavor and are studded with mini peanut butter cups inside and out.

Food Lust People Love: These mini peanut butter cup muffins are full of peanut butter flavor and are studded with mini peanut butter cups inside and out.

I usually do most of the grocery shopping in our family because I enjoy it. I actually like choosing the produce and browsing the aisles for ingredients that say “Dinner!” to me. We have a shared note on our iPhones so that everyone can add items or untick the little circle (which makes that item jump to the top of the list) so that I know exactly what to buy on my weekly shopping trip. 

A number of weeks ago, my daughter added rice cakes to the list. Unsalted rice cakes. Low salt, low sodium and lightly salted were all options in my usual grocery stores but no unsalted. Who knew they would be so tricky to find? 

I finally ended up at a store called Sprouts Farmers Market and found not just one brand of unsalted rice cakes but three! Yay! I celebrated my good fortune by browsing the shop to see what other great things they might sell and found the tiniest little peanut butter cups in the bulk section. Perfect for snacking and muffin baking.

Sprouts is also the only store where I have been able to find the pearl onions I need for my homemade pub-style pickled onion recipe. I really should shop there more often. 

Mini Peanut Butter Cup Muffins

This recipe makes six normal sized muffins. It's easily doubled to make a batch of 12. If you don’t have mini peanut butter cups, by all means substitute chocolate chips. Chocolate and peanut butter are such a great muffin combo so you need to get some chocolate in there!

Ingredients
1 1/4 cups or 156g flour 
1/4 cup or 50g sugar
1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup or 95g creamy peanut butter
1 large egg
1/2 cup or 120ml whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup or 100g mini peanut butter cups 

Method
Preheat your oven to 350°F or 180°C and prepare your six-muffin pan by greasing it or lining it with paper liners.

In a large mixing bowl, combine all of your dry ingredients: the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.


In a smaller mixing bowl, add all of your wet ingredients, the creamy peanut butter, egg, milk and vanilla extract.


Use a whisk to break up the peanut butter and continue mixing until the whole mess is homogeneous.  That is to say, smooth and of the same consistency throughout.

Pour your wet ingredients into your dry ones.


Fold them together gently. If there is still a bit of flour showing, that is good.

Fold in most of the tiny peanut butter cups in, saving some to decorate the tops. 


Divide the batter between your prepared muffin cups. Decorate with the reserved peanut butter cups. You might want to push them in a bit more than I did so they don't slide down the muffins so much while baking. 

Food Lust People Love: These mini peanut butter cup muffins are full of peanut butter flavor and are studded with mini peanut butter cups inside and out.

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Food Lust People Love: These mini peanut butter cup muffins are full of peanut butter flavor and are studded with mini peanut butter cups inside and out.

After allowing them to cool for a few minutes, remove the muffins from the pan and place on a wire rack to finish cooling.

Food Lust People Love: These mini peanut butter cup muffins are full of peanut butter flavor and are studded with mini peanut butter cups inside and out.

Enjoy!
 
It's the last Monday of the month when we always celebrate Muffin Monday! Check out all the great muffin recipes below!

Muffin Monday 

#MuffinMonday is a group of muffin loving bakers who get together once a month to bake muffins. You can see all of our lovely muffins by following our Pinterest board. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about Muffin Monday can be found on our home page.

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Food Lust People Love: These mini peanut butter cup muffins are full of peanut butter flavor and are studded with mini peanut butter cups inside and out.

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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Twists #BreadBakers

These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Twists are made with an enriched brioche dough filled with peanut butter and chocolate chips and baked till golden. Enjoy them with a cold glass of milk or a cup of tea.

Food Lust People Love: These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Twists are made with an enriched brioche dough filled with peanut butter and chocolate chips and baked till golden. Enjoy them with a cold glass of milk or a cup of tea.

I’ve always been a fan of peanut butter cups but find they are a little too sweet for me these days. Recently I was introduced to the Trader Joe’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups and, boy, howdy, are those guys good! 

They were my inspiration for this month’s Bread Bakers’ theme which is “favorite breads.” Who wouldn’t love a soft brioche twist filled with the perennial favorite combination of peanut butter and chocolate?

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Twists

This recipe is adapted from James Morton’s first fabulous baking book, Brilliant Bread. I also have one of his other books, Super Sourdough and can highly recommend both. If you have a stand mixer, I recommend you use it for this recipe. The dough is really sticky to knead by hand. 

Ingredients
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon dry active yeast
1/3 cup or 78ml milk, slightly warmed
2 cups or 250g strong white bread flour -18g
1/4 cup or 57g sourdough starter (fed or discard)
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 egg yolk, at room temperature
1 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/3 cup or 75g unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup or 194g creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup or 85g semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method
In a large bowl or the bowl of your stand mixer, combine the sugar and yeast with the warm milk and two tablespoons of the flour. Leave it for about five minutes. If the yeast has started foaming up, proceed with the next step. If not, your yeast is old and should be replaced. 

Add the flour, the sourdough starter, egg, yolk, milk and salt and combine to form a soft dough. 


Knead your dough for about 5–10 minutes, or until it is really starting to come together.  Add the soft butter and continue to knead until it passes the windowpane test, at least another 5 minutes. 


Cover and leave in a warm place to prove for one hour, or until doubled in size. Alternatively, leave to rest in the fridge for 10–14 hours.


Turn your proved dough out onto a lightly floured surface and sprinkle some more flour on top. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough out into a big square about 15 in or 38cm wide. 


Spread the peanut butter over one half. If your peanut butter is too stiff to spread easily, warm it slightly with a couple of quick zaps in a microwave. 


Sprinkle the chocolate chips onto the peanut butter. 


Fold your dough over to seal the peanut butter and chocolate chips. 


Use a sharp knife to cut the dough into strips. I got 10 strips out of mine but you can cut thicker or thinner strips, according to your preference.


Twist each strip and place them on a baking tray lined with greaseproof paper or a silicone liner. I couldn’t squeeze all 10 in one pan, try as I might. If yours are also too much for your biggest pan, put the remainers in a smaller pan. Don't crowd them because they need room to rise. 


Cover lightly with cling film and leave to rise for about an hour. At least half an hour before you’re going to bake, preheat your oven to 450°F or 232°C.

When you are ready to bake, turn your oven down to 410°F or 210°C and bake the twists for 10–15 minutes, until they are a light golden brown. We want them to stay soft and pillowy. 

I meant to turn my pans around halfway through because I know my oven doesn't brown evenly but we were watching the UEFA 2020 final and I completely forgot. If your oven has the same issues, you might want to turn your pan around at about the 7 minute mark. Also the extra ones were on a different oven shelf and got a bit darker. Still soft and delicious though! 

Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the baking pan for a few minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack and store in an airtight container. 

Food Lust People Love: These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Twists are made with an enriched brioche dough filled with peanut butter and chocolate chips and baked till golden. Enjoy them with a cold glass of milk or a cup of tea.

Enjoy! 

Food Lust People Love: These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Twists are made with an enriched brioche dough filled with peanut butter and chocolate chips and baked till golden. Enjoy them with a cold glass of milk or a cup of tea.

As I mentioned above, our Bread Bakers' theme this month is Favorite Breads. Many thanks to our host Kelly of A Messy Kitchen. Check out the great recipe links below. 

BreadBakers
    #BreadBakers is a group of bread loving bakers who get together once a month to bake bread with a common ingredient or theme. Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on this home page.

    We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient.

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Food Lust People Love: These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Twists are made with an enriched brioche dough filled with peanut butter and chocolate chips and baked till golden. Enjoy them with a cold glass of milk or a cup of tea.
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Sunday, June 20, 2021

Chocolate Pixies

Chocolate Pixies are a magical combination of chewy, crunchy, chocolatey and nutty, baked with a light coating of powdered pixie dust aka icing sugar.

Food Lust People Love: Chocolate Pixies are a magical combination of chewy, crunchy, chocolatey and nutty, baked with a light coating of powdered pixie dust aka icing sugar.

Years ago I came across a recipe in Gourmet magazine for baked treats they called “chocolate crackle cookies.” The actual magazine belonged to a friend so I photocopied it and stuck it in my recipe binder. 


As you can see from the photo, that recipe has been well used over the years. It’s a fun one to make with children because they love rolling the dough into the requisite balls. Never mind that they also tend to get powdered sugar everywhere, that’s part of the sweet fun. 

Which brings me to the recipe I’m sharing today. Our Sunday FunDay host today is Sue of Palatable Pastime. She chose the theme of Midsummer Night’s Dream and encouraged us to celebrate by sharing recipes that would delight the faerie folk. 

I immediate started researching recipes online and found MANY for chocolate pixies. About 110,000,000 Google results, if you can imagine. That’s a lot of pixie cookie recipes! Turns out that I’ve been making a sort of chocolate pixie cookie for 26 years, just by another name. Who knew? 

Chocolate Pixies

This recipe makes four dozen cookies and was adapted from one on Big Oven. The dough freezes beautifully, if you don’t want to bake them all in the same day. 

Ingredients
For the cookie dough:
1/4 cup or 57g butter
4 oz or 113g unsweetened chocolate
2 cups or 250g flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups or 400g sugar
1/2 cup, finely chopped, or 53g pecans
3 eggs, lightly beaten

To coat dough before baking:
1 cup or 125g icing sugar

Method
Use a sharp knife to finely chop the pecans. 


In a microwavable bowl, melt butter and chocolate in the microwave in 15-20 seconds zaps, stirring in between, until both are completely melted and the mixture is smooth.


Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt and stir to combine.  


Add in the sugar, chopped pecans and eggs. 


Stir till well combined. It will be quite a stiff dough and a good workout for your stirring arm. 


Cover the dough with cling film and press it down to make sure no air is touching the dough and refrigerate at least 1 hour for easier handling.

When you are ready to bake, preheat your oven to 300°F or 149°C and prepare two cookie sheets by lining them with baking parchment or silicone liners. 

Use a spoon or scoop to divide the dough into small pieces, a little smaller than a ping pong ball. 


Shape each piece into a ball and roll it in the icing sugar. 


Put them on a clean plate to catch the icing sugar that inevitably falls off as you transfer them. You don’t want that much on your cookie sheet. 

Place the balls 2 inches apart on your prepared cookie sheets. Still a little sugar on the pan, just not as much.


Bake in the preheated oven for 15-18 minutes or until edges are set, rotating the cookie sheets halfway through so they cook evenly.


Remove the chocolate pixies from the cookie sheets and place on wire racks to cool completely. 

Food Lust People Love: Chocolate Pixies are a magical combination of chewy, crunchy, chocolatey and nutty, baked with a light coating of powdered pixie dust aka icing sugar.

Repeat the process until all the dough is rolled, sugared and baked into cookies.

Enjoy!

Food Lust People Love: Chocolate Pixies are a magical combination of chewy, crunchy, chocolatey and nutty, baked with a light coating of powdered pixie dust aka icing sugar.

It’s Sunday FunDay and, as previously mentioned, we are celebrating A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Check out all the recipes below. Many thanks to our host, Sue of Palatable Pastime


We are a group of food bloggers who believe that Sunday should be a family fun day, so every Sunday we share recipes that will help you to enjoy your day. If you're a blogger interested in joining us, just visit our Facebook group and request to join.

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Food Lust People Love: Chocolate Pixies are a magical combination of chewy, crunchy, chocolatey and nutty, baked with a light coating of powdered pixie dust aka icing sugar.

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Thursday, May 20, 2021

Snickers Bundt Cake #BundtBakers

This Snickers Bundt Cake is rich and super chocolate-y with a tender crumb. The Snickers pieces sink to the bottom of the pan while baking which means the top of the cake is full of them! Pour yourself a cold glass of milk and enjoy a large slice!

Food Lust People Love: This Snickers Bundt Cake is rich and super chocolate-y with a tender crumb. The Snickers pieces sink to the bottom of the pan while baking which means the top of the cake is full of them! Pour yourself a cold glass of milk and enjoy a large slice!

This month our Bundt Bakers host is Patricia from PatyCo Candy Bar and since May is the month we celebrate mothers, she encouraged us to use Mom’s favorite candy bar as inspiration or an ingredient to bake our Bundts. What a lovely idea!

I sent my mom a quick text, “What’s your favorite candy bar?” fully expecting her to say Heavenly Hash, a marshmallow confection with almonds, covered in chocolate. Honestly it’s the only candy bar I can ever recall her eating. Since the Elmer's brand (her favorite) are only available during the Easter season (and in Louisiana - where they are made) Mom usually has a supply in the deep freezer for when a craving comes on the rest of the year. 

You are probably ahead of me here since I’ve named this post Snickers Bundt Cake. That was indeed her surprising response. 

Snickers Bundt Cake

If you search “Snickers Cake” there are all sorts of recipes online but I kept this simple, making a devil’s food cake batter and just adding Snickers to that. It got several thumbs-up from family and friends. 

Ingredients
2 cups or 250g flour
2 cups or 400g sugar
3/4 cup or 90g natural unsweetened cocoa powder 
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup or 240ml canola or other light oil
1 cup or 240ml milk
1 cup or 240ml coffee - cooled but not cold
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
12 mini Snickers bars (3 1/2 oz or 100g by weight if you are cutting up larger bars) plus extra to decorate if desired

Method
Preheat oven to 375˚F or 190°C. Thoroughly grease a 10” Bundt pan and coat it with cocoa.

Whisk the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Cut the mini Snickers into six pieces each.

 

Add them to the dry ingredients and stir to coat so that they don’t stick together.


In a separate large bowl add the oil, milk, coffee, eggs and vanilla. Whisk to create a rich batter. Add the dry ingredients to the wet. Fold until well combined.


Pour the cake batter into your prepared pan.


Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 


Leave the cake to cool for about 10 minutes in the pan and then run your skewer around the outside and middle of the cake to loosen it. Turn it over onto a wire rack to continue cooling. 


If you are using Snickers to decorate the edge of the cake, cut the mini Snickers in three slices, like a loaf of bread and put them around the outside. Ideally do this when the cake is still a bit warm. The Snicker pieces will start to melt slightly. As they do, press them into the cake so they’ll stick. 

Food Lust People Love: This Snickers Bundt Cake is rich and super chocolate-y with a tender crumb. The Snickers pieces sink to the bottom of the pan while baking which means the top of the cake is full of them! Pour yourself a cold glass of milk and enjoy a large slice!

Leave to cool completely before cutting in slices to serve. 

Food Lust People Love: This Snickers Bundt Cake is rich and super chocolate-y with a tender crumb. The Snickers pieces sink to the bottom of the pan while baking which means the top of the cake is full of them! Pour yourself a cold glass of milk and enjoy a large slice!

Enjoy! 

Check out all the wonderful candy bar Bundt cakes! Many thanks to our host, Patricia 
BundtBakers

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.

Pin this Snickers Bundt Cake! 

Food Lust People Love: This Snickers Bundt Cake is rich and super chocolate-y with a tender crumb. The Snickers pieces sink to the bottom of the pan while baking which means the top of the cake is full of them! Pour yourself a cold glass of milk and enjoy a large slice!

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

Coca-Cola Bundt Cake #BundtBakers

This Coca-Cola Bundt Cake is moist and delicious, a bit of Southern tradition in the shape of a Bundt, perfect for your next get-together, family celebration or picnic. 

Food Lust People Love: This Coca-Cola Bundt Cake is moist and delicious, a bit of Southern tradition in the shape of a Bundt, perfect for your next get-together, family celebration or picnic.

The traditional Southern Coca-Cola cake is usually baked in a 9x12 in or 23x31mm rectangular pan, and is very similar to a Texas Sheet Cake. For this month’s Bundt Bakers theme of caffeinated cakes, I decided to make one in a Bundt pan instead.

I did debate with myself about the wisdom of such a move because Coca-Cola cake is normally served straight out of the pan it’s baked in. I did wonder if it would turn out of a Bundt. Turns out that my fears were justified.

So, a little word of advice: Do not skimp on the buttering and flouring of the pan for this cake or you might struggle to turn it out nicely. Mine stuck a little bit but I managed to get it successfully unstuck with a thin rubber spatula. 

Since we are still isolating for the most part, I made a small cake in my favorite 6-cup Nordic Ware anniversary pan. Feel free to double the batter for a 12-cup pan (and, of course, increase the baking time) if you have a large family. 

Coca-Cola Bundt Cake

Because this is cake, after all, don’t even think about using diet or zero Coke. It would also be sacrilegious to use Pepsi. As my daughters would say, fight me. 

Ingredients
For the cake batter:
1 cup or 200g granulated sugar
1 cup or 125g all-purpose flour, plus extra for the pan
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 can (6 oz or 177ml) regular Coca-Cola (not Diet or Coke Zero)
1/4 cup or 57g unsalted butter, plus extra for the pan
1/4 cup or 30g unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1/4 cup or 60ml buttermilk
1 large egg, at room temperature

For the Coca-Cola glaze:
1 cup or 125g confectioners' sugar, sifted 
2 to 3 tablespoons Coca-Cola 

Optional for decorating:
Haribo cola bottle sweets

Method
Preheat oven to 350°F or 180°C, butter and flour a 6-cup Bundt pan. In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. 

In a small saucepan over a low heat, melt the butter with the Coke and cocoa. Bring it to a simmer, stirring occasionally until the butter is melted and the mixture is completely combined and warm. 


Fold the warm mixture into the flour/sugar mix, until just combined. If there's still a little flouring showing, that's just fine. 


In a small bowl, whisk the egg and buttermilk until blended. Quickly whisk a couple of tablespoons of the thick batter into the eggs. Add two more tablespoons, still whisking briskly. 

Now add the egg mixture to the batter and whisk to combine.


Pour the batter into your prepared Bundt pan.


 Bake for about 35-40 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean.

Food Lust People Love: This Coca-Cola Bundt Cake is moist and delicious, a bit of Southern tradition in the shape of a Bundt, perfect for your next get-together, family celebration or picnic.

Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for about 15-20 minutes. Run your clean wooden skewer around the sides of the pan and then invert it on a serving plate. 

Food Lust People Love: This Coca-Cola Bundt Cake is moist and delicious, a bit of Southern tradition in the shape of a Bundt, perfect for your next get-together, family celebration or picnic.

Leave to cool completely before drizzling on the glaze. 

To make the glaze, sift the powdered sugar into a mixing bowl to remove any lumps. Add Coca-Cola a tablespoon at a time until you get a good pouring or drizzling consistency, depending on how thick you like it. You may not use all of the Coke. (Guzzle the rest of the can - baker's privilege.)


Once the cake is completely cooled, pour or drizzle the glaze over it. I like to use a piping bag with a small tip to make the drizzle more controllable but that’s not essential. Decorate with Haribo cola bottle sweets, if using. 


Enjoy! 

As I mentioned above, this month’s Bundt Bakers theme is caffeinated cakes. Many thanks to our host, Rebekah of Making Miracles for her behind-the-scenes work and the fun theme. Check out the other caffeinated Bundts below: 
BundtBakers

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.


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Food Lust People Love: This Coca-Cola Bundt Cake is moist and delicious, a bit of Southern tradition in the shape of a Bundt, perfect for your next get-together, family celebration or picnic.

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Thursday, February 18, 2021

Chocolate Brandy Cake #BundtBakers

Both rich and somehow also light, this chocolate brandy cake with black pepper and cloves gets better and better each day! And that glaze! Perfection.

Food Lust People Love: Both rich and somehow also light, this chocolate brandy cake with black pepper and cloves gets better and better each day! And that glaze! Perfection

This recipe was further adapted from one I found on Cooking @ The New York Times with an introduction explaining that it was adapted for their publication from a recipe created by a pastry chef named Dol Miles. 

Of course, I had to look up Chef Miles. I discovered that she is the executive pastry chef for Frank Stitt’s three restaurants in Birmingham, Alabama and that growing up in Bessemer, Alabama, the chef learned to cook and bake from her mom, Cora Mae, and her aunt, Queen Ester Harris, who spent a career working in a school cafeteria.

A three-time James Beard Award finalist, Chef Miles was named Outstanding Pastry Chef by the James Beard Foundation in May 2018. It really thrilled me that a chef who initially learned her skills at home and not at a culinary institute won! By all accounts, her nominations and award are very well deserved. 

Chef Miles is known for taking southern classics like coconut pecan cake, sweet potato pie and bourbon-glazed pound cake to another level for fine dining, where a single slice will set you back nine dollars. I have no idea if some version of her boozy chocolate cake is served at the restaurants but it sure should be. The original called for whiskey and was served with a dusting of powdered sugar. I decided to kick it up a notch with VSOP brandy and a chocolate brandy glaze.

Chocolate Brandy Cake with Chocolate Brandy Glaze

Since I was baking this Bundt cake for a “celebrating love” theme, I used my Nordic Ware Elegant Heart pan. (<affiliate link) Unfortunately, this cake is so tender that it didn’t want to come out of the narrow part of the pan at the top of the heart. I suggest you use a traditional Bundt pan without a lot of nooks and crannies where the cake can get stuck to avoid this problem. 

Ingredients
For the cake batter:
3/4 cup or 170g unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces, plus more for buttering pan 
3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons or 85 grams unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups or 355ml brewed strong coffee
1/2 cup or 120ml brandy
1 cup or 200g granulated sugar 
3/4 cup or 150g light brown sugar
2 cups or 250 grams all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon fine sea salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
3 large eggs, at room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 oz or 78g dark chocolate candy bar, chopped (I used Ghiradelli 72% cacao.)

For the chocolate brandy glaze:
2/3 cup or 130g semisweet chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons corn syrup
1 tablespoon brandy

Method
Preheat your oven to 325°F or 163°C. Liberally butter a 10-cup Bundt pan and dust it with 1-2 tablespoons cocoa powder, as needed.

In a large pot over low heat, warm the coffee, brandy, butter and remaining cocoa powder, whisking occasionally, until butter is melted. The batter for the cake will be mixed completely in this pot so make sure you use one that will be big enough for all of the ingredients. 


Whisk in sugars until dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.


In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, pepper and cloves. 


In another bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the eggs and vanilla. 

Pouring slowly, whisk about a 1/4 cup of the warm chocolate mixture into the eggs.


Now slowly whisk egg mixture into chocolate mixture. 


Add dry ingredients and whisk to combine. 


Fold in the chopped chocolate bar.


Pour the batter into your prepared pan. 


Transfer the Bundt pan to the oven and bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 55 to 60 minutes. I also like to carefully turn the pan around about two-thirds of the way through the baking time so the cake browns more evenly. My oven has hotter and cooler spots and I find a rotation is helpful. 

Set the cake pan on a wire rack to cool.

Food Lust People Love: Both rich and somehow also light, this chocolate brandy cake with black pepper and cloves gets better and better each day! And that glaze! Perfection

To make the chocolate brandy glaze: Place the chocolate chips, butter, corn syrup and bandy in 2-cup microwavable measuring cup. Microwave uncovered on medium (50% power) for 1 to 2 minutes or until the chocolate chips have softened and the glaze can be stirred smooth.

Loosen the sides and middle of the cake with a toothpick and invert the pan on a serving plate. Hope the cake falls out nicely. If not, remove the stuck pieces and pop them back in their rightful positions on top the cake. Pour the chocolate brandy glaze over the cooled cake. 

Food Lust People Love: Both rich and somehow also light, this chocolate brandy cake with black pepper and cloves gets better and better each day! And that glaze! Perfection

Enjoy!

As mentioned above, this month's Bundt Baker theme is "celebrating love" which isn't just for Valentine's Day, of course. Many thanks to our host, Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm. Check out all the Bundt cake links: 

BundtBakers

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme. You can see all of our lovely Bundts by following our Pinterest board. We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our home page.


Pin this Chocolate Brandy Cake! 

Food Lust People Love: Both rich and somehow also light, this chocolate brandy cake with black pepper and cloves gets better and better each day! And that glaze! Perfection

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