Best Café Au Lait Cake Recipes

GLUTEN-FREE CAFé AU LAIT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease bottom only of 8-inch or 9-inch round pan with shortening.
• Dissolve 1 tablespoon coffee in 1 cup water. In large bowl, beat coffee mixture, cake mix, butter and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl constantly. Pour into pan.
• Bake 8-inch or 9-inch pan 43 to 48 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around side of pan to loosen cake; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• Dissolve 2 teaspoons coffee in 1 tablespoon cool water. Stir 2 teaspoons of the coffee mixture into frosting. In medium bowl, mix whipped topping and remaining coffee mixture; gently stir in 1/4 cup of the frosting mixture.
• Cut cake in half horizontally. Place 1 cake layer, cut side up, on serving plate. Spread with half of the whipped topping mixture (about 3/4 cup) to within 1/4 inch of edge. Place other cake layer, cut side down, on top. Frost side and top of cake with frosting. Pipe remaining whipped topping mixture around top of cake. Refrigerate 1 hour or until chilled. Garnish top of cake with espresso beans. Store covered in refrigerator.

CAFE AU LAIT

Steps:

• Heat 1 to 1 1/2 cups milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat, whisking, until milk is steaming and slightly foamy.
• Divide milk between two cafe au lait bowls or large coffee cups. Divide 2 cups coffee betweenbowls, and stir.

CAFE AU LAIT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter a 9" springform pan.
• To make the crumb topping, stir together the instant coffee, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• Cut in the butter until crumbly and stir in the chocolate chips and pecans.
• Set aside.
• To make the cake, beat together the butter and sugar in a large bowl until light.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well until smooth.
• Beat in the sour cream.
• Dissolve the instant coffee in the warm water and beat into the egg mixture.
• In a small bowl, stir together the remaining dry ingredients.
• On low speed, gradually add the dry ingredients, alternating with milk. There should be three additions of dry and two of wet ingredients.
• Beat well after each addition.
• Spread 1/2 of the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with 1-1/2 cups of the crumb topping.
• Cover with the remaining batter and sprinkle with the remaining crumb topping.
• Bake for 65 to 80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean.
• If the top begins to brown too quickly, loosely cover with foil.

CAFé AU LAIT CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans, or spray with baking spray with flour. Dissolve 1 tablespoon coffee in 1 1/4 cups water. Make cake batter as directed on box, using coffee mixture in place of the water. Bake and cool as directed.
• Dissolve 2 teaspoons coffee in 1 tablespoon cool water. Stir 2 teaspoons of the coffee mixture into frosting. In medium bowl, stir together whipped topping and remaining coffee mixture; gently stir in 1/4 cup of the frosting mixture.
• On serving plate, place 1 cake layer, rounded side down. Spread with half of the whipped topping mixture (about 3/4 cup) to within 1/4 inch of edge. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost side and top of cake with frosting. Pipe remaining whipped topping mixture around top of cake. Refrigerate 1 to 2 hours or until chilled. Garnish top of cake with espresso beans. Store covered in refrigerator.

CAFE AU LAIT POTS DE CREME

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Heat the milk, cream, sugars, espresso, vanilla and salt in a medium saucepan over low heat until just boiling. Remove from heat. Whisk the egg and yolks in a measuring cup and temper by mixing in a small amount of the cream mixture into the eggs before adding the rest of the cream mixture.
• Pour into 4 (4-ounce) ramekins and arrange on a baking dish. Fill the baking dish halfway with very hot water but not boiling, being careful not to splash water into the ramekins. Put in the oven and bake until the edges are set, but the center is still a little wobbly, about 20 to 25 minutes. Remove immediately from the water bath to a baking dish filled with ice to chill quickly. Keep refrigerated until serving.

CHOCOLATE CAFE AU LAIT

Steps:

• Heat half-and-half or whole milk over low heat. Pour coffee into milk. Combine sugar and cocoa in the coffeepot. Pour the hot milk and coffee back into the coffeepot and stir to combine. Serve.