Chocolate Spelt Cake Recipe 435

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
• Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost.
• VARIATIONS:.
• ONE-PAN CAKE: Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 350°F Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely. Frost.
• THREE LAYER CAKE: Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Heat oven to 350°F Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost.
• BUNDT CAKE: Grease and flour 12-cup Bundt pan. Heat oven to 350°F Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 55 minutes. Cool 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely. Frost.
• CUPCAKES: Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups. Heat oven to 350°F Fill cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake 22 to 25 minutes. Cool completely. Frost. About 30 cupcakes.

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.