"One of my favorite chocolate cake recipes! It's made with a huge amount of cocoa and kefir."
Kefir Chocolate Cake
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Prep time 15mins
Cook time 1hr
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ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened, plus some melted for brushing the pan
- 2 2/3 cups plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, divided
- 3/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, divided
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups kefir
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 package instant coffee powder
Method
Step 1
Use a pastry brush to grease bundt pan with melted butter and dust with 1 tablespoon flour + 1 tablespoon cocoa. It’s very important that every corner of the pan is greased and dusted properly, otherwise the cake will stick to the pan. Preheat your oven to 340ºF.
Step 2
Beat together soft butter and sugar for 5 minutes with your mixer, until light and fluffy. It’s very important that all ingredients have the same temperature, so get them out of the refrigerator a few hours before you start to bake. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Then add vanilla extract and mix until combined.
Step 3
In another large bowl, whisk together cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and instant coffee powder.
Step 4
Add half of the dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture, beating until just combined. Then pour in kefir and mix until fully incorporated, then add the remaining flour-cocoa-mixture and stir until just combined.
Step 5
Pour batter with the help of a spatula into the greased and dusted bundt pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, this takes about 60 minutes. Let it cool for about 10 minutes, then invert the cake onto a cooling rack and let cool completely.
Step 6
Use powdered sugar or a chocolate glaze as a topping.