Best Carey Neffs Espresso Cake Recipes

ESPRESSO CAKE

Steps:

• Accompaniment: fat-free frozen yogurt or raspberry sauce and powdered sugar.
• Preheat the oven 350 degrees F. Spray a 9-inch cake pan with cooking spray and dust with additional cocoa powder, set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flours, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In another bowl, combine the prune puree, egg whites, vanilla, and coffee. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and pour into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Run a knife around the edge of the cake and invert onto a wire rack to cool completely. Cut into 14 wedges to serve.

CAREY NEFF'S ESPRESSO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F (175C). Spray a 9-inch square cake pan and dust with additional cocoa powder and set aside.
• In a large bowl, combine the flours, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside. In another bowl combine the prunes, egg whites, vanilla and coffee. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Pour into the prepared cake pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

ESPRESSO CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour an 8-inch square baking pan.
• To prepare your frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl at medium speed until smooth.
• Dissolve the instant espresso in milk.
• Add confectioners sugar to cream cheese mixture alternately with milk mixture, beating 1-2 minutes or until blended.
• Remove 1 cup of frosting from bowl and set aside.
• To prepare your cake: Using a mixer (on low speed!!) add eggs to remaining frosting in mixing bowl.
• Add vanilla and beat until blended.
• In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt.
• Dissolve espresso granules in milk.
• Add flour mixture to mixing bowl alternately with milk mixture and continue beating 1-2 mins or until well blended.
• Pour cake mixture into pan and bake 30-40mins or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
• Cool cake for 10 minutes and remove from pan.
• Cool cake completely.
• Place cake on serving plate.
• Spread sides and top of cake with frosting that was set aside.
• Place 3 chocolate covered espresso beans on center of cake and place mint leaves on either side of beans, pointing in towards the center of the beans-- as leaves would be on a flower!
• ENJOY!

CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO CAKE (FLOURLESS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F; line bottom of 9" springform pan with non-stick foil or parchment paper, and wrap outside of pan with a layer of heavy-duty aluminim foil.
• Place chocolate in large bowl; set aside, In medium saucepan bring butter, sugar, and espresso to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar; once melted and blended, add to chocolate, whisking until smooth; cool slightly.
• Lightly beat eggs together; whisk in some of chocolate mixture, then add egg mixture into remainder of chocolate mixture, whisking until smooth.
• Pour batter into springform pan, place pan in a large roasting pan, pouring enough hot water to come halfway up the sides of the pan.
• Bake for approximately one hour, or until a cake tester comes out with a few moist crumbs attached; remove cake from pan and chill overnight.
• Cut around sides of pan with butter knife to loosen cake.