
Dark Chocolate ROOT Cake

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I have wanted to try to incorporate ROOT into my cooking for a while now. ROOT is basically the alcoholic version of root beer. The spirit contains birch bark, smoked black tea, cinnamon, wintergreen, spearmint, clove, anise, orange, lemon, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom and pure cane sugar so I thought it would go really well in a chocolate cake. I used this rum cake recipe as a starting point, and substituted in ROOT and dark chocolate, as well as a little instant espresso coffee to enhance the chocolate flavor.
ingredients
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serves: 8
Ingredients for the cake:
6 ounces coarsely chopped dark chocolate
1/2 teaspoon instant espresso coffee
5 ounces (1-1/4 sticks) unsalted butter
2/3 cup ROOT
4 large eggs, separated
1-1/4 cups sugar
1 cup flour
pinch salt
Ingredients for the chocolate glaze:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
8 ounces roughly chopped dark chocolate
1/2 teaspoon espresso powder
Ingredients for Chantilly cream (optional):
1/2 cup plus 1 Tablespoon heavy whipping cream
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 teaspoon sugar or to taste
small pinch salt
Servings Per Recipe: 8
Amount per Serving
Calories: 727
- Total Fat: 44.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 26 g
- Trans Fat: 0.6 g
- Cholesterol: 164.9 mg
- Sodium: 90.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 64.4 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.4 g
- Sugars: 43.9 g
- Protein: 8.4 g
preparation

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comments
Mommy_loves_to_cook
July 25, 2011
mouthwatering dessert