Irresistible Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups superfine sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup vanilla yogurt (strained at least 2 to 3 hours)
• 1/2-1 cup butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup kahlua
• 6 ounces semisweet mini chocolate chips
• 10 ounces semisweet chocolate
• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate
• 1 1/2 teaspoons unsalted butter
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon kahlua

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 blend together 1 cup sugar, cocoa powder and 1/2 cup yogurt.
• 3 in another bowl, cream butter with 1 cup sugar.
• 4 beat eggs, one at a time, into creamed butter.
• 5 then beat in cocoa mixture.
• 6 in a separate bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking soda.
• 7 add flour to butter cocoa mixture, alternating with remaining 1/2 cup of yogurt into which the kahlua has been blended.
• 8 fold in chocolate chips.
• 9 pour evenly into a buttered 10-inch springform tube pan that has been dusted with cocoa powder.
• 10 bake for approximately one hour or until tester comes out clean.
• 11 cool cake on a rack before removing from pan.
• 12 for the glaze---------------.
• 13 break chocolate into bits.
• 14 place double boiler over, not in, a pan of hot water.
• 15 add chocolate, cream, butter and kahlua.
• 16 cover tightly and heat for a few minutes, stir until completely melted and smooth.
• 17 transfer to stainless steel bowl and cover.
• 18 keep at room temperature.
• 19 slowly pour about half the glaze over the top of the cake spreading it evenly with a metal spatula over the top, sides and in the center.
• 20 refrigerate until glaze is firm.
• 21 then repeat with remaining glaze.
• 22 refrigerate again to allow second layer of glaze to firm up.
• 23 decorate with piped buttercream chocolate frosting in an interesting shape and top each with a chocolate coffee bean or pecan or walnut half.
• 24 or just accent with fresh flowers in center and around the sides.
• 25 best served the next day.