Cappuccino cake - a wonderful combination of chocolate and coffee, what's the reason not to look forward to it?

Overview

Chocolate seems to be the darling of Western pastries. An ordinary Western pastry, with it, will immediately become extraordinary. When coffee meets chocolate – what happens? The delicate and attractive coffee cake is covered with thick white chocolate frosting, which feels like the thick milk foam on the surface of cappuccino coffee. Hence the name of the cappuccino cake. With the wonderful combination of chocolate and coffee, and the sweetness of white chocolate frosting, is there any reason not to look forward to it?

Tags

• baking
• cake
• baking powder
• brown sugar
• butter
• cocoa powder
• egg
• instant coffee powder
• low gluten flour
• white chocolate
• fine sugar
• milk
• powdered sugar

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 After the butter has softened at room temperature, add fine granulated sugar and brown sugar, beat evenly with an electric mixer at low speed, then beat at high speed until the butter becomes lighter in color and fluffy

   

2. 2 Beat the eggs and add them to the butter in three or more batches. Each time, the butter and eggs are completely mixed before adding the next one

   

3. 3 Just wait until the butter and egg batter turns into a smooth cream

   

4. 4 Dissolve the instant coffee with 15ml of boiling water. After cooling, pour into the butter and egg paste and beat evenly

   

5. 5 Sift low-gluten flour, cocoa powder, and baking powder into the butter and egg batter, and stir with a spatula to form a cake batter

   

6. 6 Spread a layer of butter on the baking sheet

   

7. 7 Pour the cake batter into the baking pan and smooth the surface with a spatula

   

8. 8 Shake the cake a few times, put it into a preheated 180° oven, put it on the middle layer, turn the heat up and down, and bake for about 45-50 minutes. Insert a toothpick into the cake. When it is pulled out, there will be no sticky residue on the toothpick. The baked cake is hot and placed upside down on the drying net

   

9. 9 Pour white chocolate, butter, and milk into a mixing bowl, add hot water until melted, and then remove from the hot water. Wait until the white chocolate paste cools to room temperature

   

10. 10 Add powdered sugar and beat with an electric mixer until smooth white chocolate frosting

    

11. 11 Cut the cooled cake into small pieces, spread a layer of white chocolate frosting on the surface of the cake, then sprinkle some cocoa powder on the surface for decoration, and it is ready to eat