Chocolate Pumpkin Date Cake with Chocolate Coffee Glaze
Prep Time
15mins
Cook Time
40mins
Total Time
55mins
The chocolate, date, cinnamon, orange and coffee flavors in this cake all work together to create a flavorful pumpkin cake that is perfect for cold weather holidays.
Servings: 18pieces
Author: Mary Gillespie
Ingredients
Cake:
3cups/ 750 ml all-purpose flour
1/3cup/ 80 ml cocoa powder
1teaspoon/ 5 ml baking soda
1teaspoon/ 5 ml baking powder
1teaspoon/ 5 ml salt
1teaspoon/ 5 ml cinnamon
1cup/ 250 ml pumpkin puree
1tablespoon/ 15 ml finely chopped orange rind
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1/2cup/ 125 ml brown sugar
1/2cup/ 125 ml white sugar
1/2cup/ 125 ml sour cream
1/4cup/ 60 ml orange juice
1/4cup/ 60 ml molasses
3/4cup/ 185 ml vegetable oil
1-1/2teaspoons/ 7.5 ml vanilla
1-1/4cup/ 300 ml roughly chopped dates
Glaze:
1cup/ 250 ml chopped chocolate or chocolate chips
1teaspoon/ 5 ml instant coffee granules
1/4cup/ 60 ml orange juice
2tablespoons/ 30 ml heavy cream35%
Instructions
Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/ 176 degrees C.
Grease a 9x13-inch / 23x33 cm baking pan.
In large mixing bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon.
In separate bowl, beat together remaining ingredients except dates: pumpkin, orange rind, sour cream, orange juice, molasses, vegetable oil and vanilla.
Pour the pumpkin mixture over the flour and stir gently until almost all flour is moistened. Add the chopped dates and continue mixing gently until all there are no white streaks of flour. Do not overbeat.
Spread batter in prepared pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not overbake- the cake will continue to cook for a few minutes when removed from the oven.
Let cake cool before serving. The glaze can be poured over cake when it is warm, but let the glaze set until the cake has cooled.
Glaze:
Melt chocolate with instant coffee and orange juice in a metal mixing bowl set over a pan of boiling water, or in the microwave. If using the microwave, heat in 30 second intervals and stir between each interval until the mixture is smooth.