CHOCOLATE SPELT CAKE

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This is a delicious and healthy dessert. Normally, spelt flour is used in breads, but here it makes a light and moist cake!

Provided by Catherine Cappiello Pappas @LadyGourmet

Categories     Cakes

Number Of Ingredients 13

- 2 cups spelt
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup warm coffee
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ¾ tsp. salt
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup instant hot coco powder
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup currants or raisins

Steps:

  • Preheat Oven 350 degrees: Add tablespoon of instant coffee to the warm coffee along with the vanilla, baking soda and currants; and stir till frothy. Combine in a medium bowl the spelt, instant coco and salt. In a mix-master beat the butter, brown sugar and white sugar and mix until smooth. Add the eggs and continue to mix; slowly add the coffee mixture and continue to mix. While still mixing on low add the spelt mixture and mix. Prepare a bundt pan with butter all around and then dust all over with the instant coco. Bake 50 - 55 minutes or until tooth pick test comes out clean. Let the cake cool a bit before trying to remove from pan.

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