Chocolate Mocha Liqueur Cake Ii Recipes

CHOCOLATE CAKE; MOCHA CHOCOLATE CREAM; CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR ICING

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Coat 3 (8 inch) round cakepans with cooking spray.
• Line bottoms of pan with wax paper; butter wax paper with butter, and set aside.
• Melt chocolate in small saucepan over low heat, stirring until smooth; set aside.
• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating until just yellow disappears after each addition.
• Stir in melted chocolate and vanilla.
• Sift together flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating at low speed until just blended, begining and ending with flour mixture.
• Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
• Bake for 28-30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
• Mocha Chocolate Cream Filling:.
• Whisk together first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, 5 minutes or until thickened.
• Spoon mixture into a small bowl; cover surface of mixture with plastic wrap, pressin wrap onto surface, and let stand 30 minutes or until cool.
• Beat butter and sugar at medium speed with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
• Gradually add cooled cocoa mixture, 1 Tablespoon at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Add vanilla, beating until mixture is consistency of whipped cream.
• Makes 1-1/2 cups.
• Coffee Liqueur Ganache Icing:.
• Heat cream in a small saucepan over medium heat just until cream begins to boil.
• Pour over chocolate in bowl, stirring until smooth.
• Stir in butter and liqueur.
• Let stand 45 minutes or until spreading consistency.
• Makes 2 cups.
• Prepare Icing, then Mocha-Chocolate Filling and then cake, in this order due to the different cooling times.
• Assemble the cake:.
• Place 1 cake layer on serving plate; spread top with 4 Tablespoons Coffee liqueur Ganache Icing.
• Spread half of Mocha-Chocolate Cream Filling evenly over ganache on cake layer.
• Top with second cake layer; spread top with 4 Tablespoons of Ganache Icing and remaining Cream Ganache Filling.
• Top with remaining cake layer.
• Spread remanining Coffee Liqueur Ganache Icing on top of cake and sides of cake.
• Garnish with chocolate curls, if desired.

DEATH BY CHOCOLATE II

Steps:

• Bake cake according to package directions for one 9x13 inch cake. When cake is cool poke holes in the top and pour the coffee liqueur over it. Break up the cake into 1 inch cubes and set aside.
• Mix the pudding mixes with the milk until thick.
• In a large punch bowl layer 1/2 of the cake cubes, 1/2 of the pudding, 1/2 of the crushed candy bars, and 1/2 of the whipped topping. Repeat layers following the same order. Sprinkle top toasted almonds and any additional crushed butter toffee candy bars, if desired. Cover and refrigerate for several hours before serving.

MOCHA CAKE V

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, stir together cake mix and pudding mix. Make a well in the center and pour in oil, sour cream and eggs. Beat on low speed until blended. Scrape bowl, and beat 4 minutes on medium speed. Stir in the coffee liqueur and chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool. Spread with Chocolate Glaze.
• For Chocolate Glaze: In a saucepan, melt together the butter and chocolate chips, stirring frequently. Cool slightly, then quickly spoon over cake.

MAUREEN'S MOCHA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and cocoa. Set aside.
• Combine the coffee and coffee liqueur. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the coffee and coffee liqueur, mixing just until incorporated. In a separate bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form, add 1/4 cup sugar, then continue beating until whites form stiff peaks. Gently fold egg whites into the coffee mixture.
• Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool 10 minutes in pans, then turn out on wire racks to cool completely before frosting.
• For the coffee frosting: In a medium bowl, cream butter until fluffy. Beat in confectioners' sugar and cocoa. Mix in coffee liqueur and hot coffee. Beat frosting until it thickens to spreading consistency.