Recipe For Cooking Black Russian Cake
Toaster Oven Cakes :: Cakes with Mixes
Black Russian Cake
1 (19 oz.) box devil\s food cake
mix (without pudding in mix)
1 sm. box instant chocolate pudding
1/2 C. canola oil
4 eggs
3 tea. instant coffee granules
1/2 C. very hot tap water
1/4 C. coffee liqueur (such as Kahlúa)
1/4 C. vodka
1/4 C. crème de cacao
Glaze
Microwave method
Using solid vegetable shortening, grease a microwave Bundt pan. Set aside. Sift cake mix into a lrg. bowl. Add pudding, oil and eggs.
Dissolve instant coffee granules in the hot water and add to cake mix, along with coffee liqueur, vodka and crème de cacao. Blend with a wooden spoon. Pour into prepared pan. Turn a glass pie plate upside down on floor of microwave oven and place Bundt pan on it. (Not necessary in ovens with a rotating carousel.)
Rotating cake every few min., microwave on MED. (50 percent power) for 8 min., then on HIGH for 2 to 3 min., or until cake tests done. Using a skewer or cake tester, punch holes through to bottom of cake at 1-in. intervals. Pour glaze over cake and let absorb before turning cake out onto plate.
Conventional oven method
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Using solid vegetable shortening, grease a Bundt pan. Set aside.
In a lrg. bowl, combine cake mix, pudding, oil and eggs.
Dissolve instant coffee granules in the hot water and add to cake mix, along with coffee liqueur, vodka and crème de cacao. Mix at low speed to blend. Turn mixer on high and mix for 2 min. Pour into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 55 min. or until cake pulls away from sides of pan or cake tests done (start testing at 45 min.).
Using a skewer or cake tester, punch holes through to bottom of cake at 1-in. intervals. Pour glaze over cake and let absorb before turning cake out onto plate.
Glaze
1 C. powderedsugar
2 Tbsp. strong coffee
2 Tbsp. coffee liqueur (such as Kahlúa)
2 Tbsp. crème de cacao
Combine sugar, coffee and liqueurs. Makes about 1 c..
Calories: 325 per slice (4% from protein, 56% from carbohydrate, 36% from fat, 3% from alcohol)
Protein: 3.8 grams; Total fat: 13.9 grams; Saturated fat: 2.1 grams; Cholesterol: 53.3 mg; Sodium: 390 mg; Carbohydrate: 42.7 grams; Fiber: 0.8 gram; Exchanges: 2 1/2 starch, 2/2 fat
