Carey Neffs Espresso Cake Recipes

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!