Warning: This Coffee Chocolate Fudge Cake Is Addictive!

heavy cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Greek yogurt reduces calories while maintaining creaminess

chocolate chips

🥗Healthier: dark chocolate

💰Cheaper: chocolate bars

Dark chocolate provides similar flavor with less sugar.

Sift all dry ingredients including all-purpose flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and instant coffee powder in a medium-sized bowl.

In a separate large bowl, combine softened unsalted butter, vegetable oil, and light brown sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy.

Add three eggs at room temperature one at a time, mixing well between each addition.

Add 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract and half of the buttermilk, mixing with the electric mixer until combined.

Switch to a spatula and fold in half of the sifted dry ingredients gently to maintain air in the mixture.

Add the remaining buttermilk and mix with the spatula until combined, noting that the mixture may look curdled.

Fold in the remaining dry ingredients until no streaks of flour remain, being careful not to overmix.

Divide the batter into three greased and lined 7-inch cake pans (or use two 8-inch pans).

Bake the cakes, letting them cool in the pans for at least 10 minutes before flipping them out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

In a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat, combine heavy cream and bring to a gentle simmer.

Add unsalted butter to the cream and mix until melted, then add powdered sugar, instant espresso or coffee powder, cocoa powder, and dark chocolate.

Cook on medium or low flame while mixing until fully melted, then transfer to a heat-proof bowl and cover with plastic wrap touching the surface to prevent a skin from forming.

Make coffee simple syrup by combining water, granulated sugar, and instant coffee powder in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer until the sugar dissolves, then cool completely.

Place the first cake layer on a cake stand and brush generously with coffee simple syrup, letting it soak for about a minute.

Spread 1/4 of the chocolate fudge frosting evenly over the first layer, then add the second layer of cake.

Repeat the process of brushing with coffee simple syrup and adding frosting for the second layer.

Add the final layer of cake on top.

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