Recipes from the Book
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To celebrate the launch of my debut novel, The Ingredients of Us, I’m sharing recipes from the book! Want sweet monthly recipes sent straight to your inbox? Head on over to Jenni’s Cafe, my monthly newsletter.
Adult Chocolate Bundt Cake
Find the recipe on Page 182
“It’s one of those cakes that’s richer than it appears, where a small piece seems inadequate until halfway through eating it, and then the fork slows down, and that last bite may or may not be left on the plate.
Warn people that it’s more rich than they think, but overserve anyway, and don’t fret when they don’t finish their slices—it’s never because they didn’t like it.”
This bundt cake is dark, moist, and sensuous. Because it’s so decadent, it pairs well with vanilla ice cream and a sweet read.
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cups strong black coffee
1 cup of a coffee, chocolate, or mocha liqueur
5 ounces of semisweet chocolate
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Zebra bundt pan, white chocolate ganache. ‘Nough said.
Steps:
Preheat your oven to 275F—seriously.
Thoroughly grease a bundt pan with butter and a dusting of cocoa powder.
Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt. Do not skip the sifting step!
On the stove, heat the coffee and liqueur on low—no simmering.
Add the chocolate and butter and melt until smooth.
Remove from heat and have a taste of that decadent, adult mixture of goodness.
Add the sugar and stir until completely dissolved.
Allow the mixture to cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a mixing bowl.
Add the sifted dry mixture to the chocolate mixture one cup at a time.
Add the eggs and vanilla and beat for one more minute.
Pour the batter into your prepared bundt pan and bake for about an hour and a half. You’ll know it’s done when the cake pulls away from the sides of the pan slightly, and springs back when touched in the middle.
Remove from the oven and cool for ten minutes in the pan, then invert on a plate without removing the pan. Do not uncover until the cake is completely cool.
Dust with powdered sugar, serve with ice cream or whipped cream, drizzle with ganache, top with fruit…this cake looks sexy no matter how you dress it up.
Overserve.
About the Book: The Ingredients of Us
Love doesn’t come with a recipe
From debut author Jennifer Gold comes a delicious novel about the sweet and sour ingredients of life and love
Elle, an accomplished baker, has a recipe for every event in her life. But when she discovers her husband’s infidelity, she doesn’t know what to make of it. Jam, maybe? Definitely jam.
Fed up with the stale crumbs of her marriage, Elle revisits past recipes and the events that inspired them. A recipe for scones reminds her of her father’s death, cinnamon rolls signify the problematic courtship with her husband, and a batch of chocolate cookies casts Elle in a less-than-flattering light. Looking back, Elle soon realizes that some ingredients were missing all along.
After confronting her husband, Elle indulges her sweet tooth in other ways, including a rebound that just leaves her more confused. As secrets from the past collide with the conflicts of the present, Elle struggles to manage her bakery business and maintain the relationships most important to her. In piecing her life back together, will Elle learn to take the bitter with the sweet?