Mississippi Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups italian brewed coffee
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 5 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 200 g semisweet chocolate
• 4 1/2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350*f.
• 2 grease and line a 9 inch round cake pan.
• 3 in a mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt.
• 4 in the top of a double boiler set over simmering water, heat the coffee, bourbon, chocolate, and butter, stirring until the chocolate and butter are melted and the mixture is smooth.
• 5 remove the pan from the heat and stir in the sugar.
• 6 let the mixture cool for 3 minutes and transfer to an electric mixer.
• 7 add the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture, half a cup at a time, beating at medium speed for 1 minute.
• 8 add the eggs and vanilla and beat smooth.
• 9 pour into the prepared pan and bake for 1 1/2 hours, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 10 let the cake cool completely in the pan, when cooled, turn out onto a serving plate.
• 11 for the icing, combine the chocolate and butter in the top of a double boiler and stir over low heat until they are melted and combined.
• 12 cool slightly and then ice cake.