Chocolate Kahlua Cake With Pecan Filling Recipes

CHOCOLATE KAHLUA® CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a fluted tube pan (such as Bundt®) with cooking spray; dust with flour.
• Combine cake mix, sour cream, eggs, coffee-flavored liqueur, oil, pudding mix, orange zest, and cinnamon in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until very smooth, about 4 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a plate; let cool completely, about 30 minutes. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CHOCOLATE KAHLUA CAKE WITH PECAN FILLING

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
• Stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl, making sure there are no lumps.
• Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla and beat with an electric hand mixer for about 2 minutes or until smooth.
• Stir in the boiling water. Don't worry if the batter is thin. It's supposed to be that way.
• Pour the batter evenly into the pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Once the cakes have cooled, use a fork to poke holes in the tops of the cakes and baste with the coffee liqueur.
• For the filling: In a sauce pan, combine sugar, flour, butter, milk and yolks.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until thick.
• Remove from heat and stir in salt, vanilla and pecans.
• Once the cake and the filling have cooled, spread a thick layer between the cakes.
• For the frosting: Cream together the sugar, cocoa and butter with an electric hand mixer.
• Beat in the cream and vanilla.
• Add small amounts of hot water until desired consistency is reached.
• Spread over entire cake.

PECAN PIE WITH KAHLUA AND CHOCOLATE CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Beat sugar and butter in medium bowl until smooth; beat in flour. Gradually beat in corn syrup, then Kahlúa and vanilla. Mix in eggs, then chopped pecans. Sprinkle chocolate chips over bottom of crust. Pour filling into crust.
• Bake pie until filling is puffed around edges and just set in center, covering edge of crust if browning too quickly, about 45 minutes. Transfer pie to rack and cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Beat cream in medium bowl until peaks form. Drop whipped cream in small dollops around edge of pie. Place pecan half atop each dollop, if desired.

CHOCOLATE CHIP KAHLUA® PECAN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread 1 cup chocolate chips and 1 cup pecan halves into the bottom of each pie shell.
• Whisk dark corn syrup and eggs together in a bowl. Add sugar, butter, and vanilla extract to corn syrup mixture and whisk until smooth. Stir in coffee-flavored liqueur and chocolate syrup until pie filling is well-mixed. Pour filling into each prepared pie shell, being careful not to disturb the pecans and chocolate chips.
• Bake pies in the preheated oven until crust is lightly browned and filling is puffy set, 50 to 60 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.

KAHLUA FUDGE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease a 15x10x1-in. baking pan. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cinnamon and baking soda. In a small saucepan, combine Kahlua, butter, marshmallow creme and cocoa; bring just to a boil, stirring occasionally. Add to flour mixture, stirring just until moistened., In a small bowl, whisk eggs and buttermilk until blended; add to Kahlua mixture, whisking constantly. Fold in pecans. Transfer to prepared pan, spreading evenly. Bake 18-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean., Meanwhile, for frosting, combine butter, cocoa and marshmallow creme in a small saucepan; stir over medium heat until smooth. Transfer to a bowl. Beat in confectioners' sugar and enough Kahlua to reach a spreading consistency., Remove cake from oven; place on a wire rack. Spread frosting evenly over warm cake; sprinkle with pecans. Cool completely.