Mount Doom Cake

 

 

This cake is meant to be as ugly as Mt. Doom

2 cups flour

1 tea. salt

1 tea. baking powder

1 tea. baking soda

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 cups sugar

1 cup oil

1 cup hot coffee

1 cup milk

2 eggs

1 tea vanilla or almond extract

 

1. Mix all dry ingredients in a large bowl: flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and sugar. 

2. In another bowl, mix all wet ingredients: oil, coffee, milk, eggs and vanilla.

3. Mix both wet and dry ingredients together. *The batter will be very thin.

4. Pour the batter into a greased cake pan - your choice of size.

5. Bake at 325 F for 25 to 30 minutes or until the cake tests done. 

6. Cool the cake in the pans before removing. 

7. Drizzle with the warm chocolate ganache glaze.

 

*Note: You may have to adjust your oven setting and the bake time on the recipe. I baked mine at 325 for 30 minutes and it was nowhere near done. I had to turn my oven up to 350 F and bake another 45 minutes then the cake came out perfect! 

Warm Ganache Glaze:

8 ounces of dark or milk chocolate bits

1/4 cup heavy cream or whipping cream

1 tea. powdered sugar

1 tea. vanilla extract

Put all ingredients in a pan and on very low heat melt the chocolate - stirring well. Careful not to scorch the chocolate.  Drizzle over the Mount Doom cake so it looks like the rough terrain of Mordor.

 

*Add cherries to the top of each slice to represent the Eye of Sauron.

 

Source: A Taste of Hobbit Cuisine