by Maui Bonnie
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Maui Bonnie's Notes:
best quality unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting pan
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1 1/4 cup
strong, brewed black coffee
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1/4 cup
bourbon (or whiskey)
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6 ounces
best quality unsweetened chocolate, broken into pieces
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1 cup
unsalted butter, cut into pieces
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1 3/4 cup
sugar
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scant 2 cups
all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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1/8 teaspoon
salt
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2
eggs, at room temperature, lightly beaten
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1 tablespoon
pure vanilla extract
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confectioners' sugar for dusting cake
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Preheat the oven to 275˚.
Ask the hotline about this step!Butter a 9” tube pan and then dust bottom and sides liberally with cocoa powder. Knock out excess and set aside.
Ask the hotline about this step!In a medium, heavy-bottom saucepan over low heat, heat the coffee and the bourbon. When it’s warm, add the chocolate and the butter. Stir constantly until smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool down slightly.
Ask the hotline about this step!By hand, stir in the sugar until well combined. Let stand for five minutes. Transfer to the bowl of an electric mixer.
Ask the hotline about this step!Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. With the mixer on slow speed, add the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture IN FOUR ADDITIONS. Mix only until each addition is incorporated. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat on low/medium speed until batter is smooth.
Ask the hotline about this step!Pour into the prepared tube pan. Bake until cake tester in the center comes out barely clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Cool completely in the pan. After removing from pan to a cake plate, dust top with confectioners’ sugar. Nice to serve with a dollop of flavored whipped cream or, better yet, Hawaiian Vanilla Bean ice cream (or any vanilla bean ice cream if you’re not lucky enough to live in Hawai‘i!)
Ask the hotline about this step!This cake is AMAZING! I hate signing up for accounts on sites like these but I did it just to say THANK YOU!!! This is THE most delicious cake ever! I had to use Rum as I didn't have whiskey on hand and used 1/2 dark chocolate and 1/2 milk choc. with hazelnuts and it was fantastic!! I also had to cook it for 15 min. longer but I'm sure it might vary per globe location.
Thank you Maui! You live on the best island ever by the way! If you ever run into my friend Kaua (white native w/blond hair, tall, surfer, and best photographer ever)...please say hello!)
I like the addition of bourbon...makes it richer. What part of Maui are you on? (I am out in Makena)
Michael is a food critic and established cookbook author -- Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking is the most recent addition to his vast body of work.
As a huge chocolate cake fan, and a huge bourbon fanatic, I've got to try this. I'll try making this next weekend, and I'll be sure to put up some pictures.