Chocolate Cake with Vietnamese Coffee Sauce
- Makes12 servings
- Cook Time50 minutes
- Active time plus coolingPlus cooling
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This ultramoist cake gets richness from pairing warm, subtly sweet Chinese five-spice with cocoa powder. For an accompaniment, we took inspiration from Vietnamese coffee and created a rich, sticky sauce with sweetened condensed milk and instant espresso powder. The final flourish is a mascarpone-enriched whipped cream and a dusting of cocoa powder.
Tip
Don’t substitute instant coffee for the instant espresso powder. Its flavor is less intense and less balanced. It also won’t dissolve as well.
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