Recipe: Chocolate Coffee Cake

INGREDIENTS

4 oz

Semisweet or Bittersweet Chocolate (chopped fine)

1/4 cup

Dutch-Processed Cocoa (sifted)

2 tbsp

Instant Espresso Powder

1/2 cup

Boiling Water

2 cups

Unbleached All-Purpose Flour, plus additional for dusting cake pans

3/4 tsp

Baking Soda

12 tbsp

Unsalted Butter (softened)

1 cup

Granulated Sugar

2/3 cup

(about 4¾ ounces) Packed Light Brown Sugar

3/4 tsp

Table Salt

Large Eggs (room temperature)

1 tsp

Vanilla Extract

3/4 cup

Sour Cream (room temperature)

5 sticks

(1-1/4 pound) Unsalted Butter (softened/room temperature)

5 cups

Confectioners’ Sugar (sifted)

1/2 tsp

Table Salt

4 tbsp

Instant Espresso Powder

1 tsp

Vanilla Extract

1 tsp

Coffee Extract

4 tbsp

Heavy Cream