{"id":9857,"date":"2022-06-21T07:51:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=9857"},"modified":"2022-06-10T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T16:55:08","slug":"chocolate-tipsy-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/06\/21\/chocolate-tipsy-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Tipsy Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My friends and I started up a book club to get us reading, and among other titles, we are reading books from Alice Hoffman&#8217;s <em>Practical Magic<\/em> series.  Hoffman&#8217;s books are full of mentions of curative foods and drinks, yet very few full recipes are included.  Fan&#8217;s of the series have already jumped in to fill this omission and have created recipes in an attempt to approximate those mentioned in fiction.  One of the best versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/potpourriwithrosemarie.com\/2017\/10\/31\/aunt-isabelles-chocolate-tipsy-cake\/\">Aunt Isabelle\u2019s Chocolate Tipsy Cake<\/a>, as is mentioned in the <em>Rules of Magic<\/em> is the one on <a href=\"https:\/\/potpourriwithrosemarie.com\/2017\/10\/31\/aunt-isabelles-chocolate-tipsy-cake\/\">Potpourri with Rosemarie<\/a>.  True to form, I changed the recipe a little when I made it, and I flubbed the icing, but it is one delicious cake!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"9830\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/image002\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2254,2414\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G935V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1622287631&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.2&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image002\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-373x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-560x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-560x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9830 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-560x600.jpg 560w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-373x400.jpg 373w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-1434x1536.jpg 1434w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-1912x2048.jpg 1912w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/image002-134x144.jpg 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">INGREDIENTS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1 c unsweetened cocoa powder + additional for dusting pan<\/li><li>1 c fresh coffee<\/li><li>1\/2 c dark rum<\/li><li>1 c salted butter<\/li><li>1.5 c brown sugar<\/li><li>2 c flour<\/li><li>1 1\/4 tsp baking soda<\/li><li>2 large eggs<\/li><li>1\/2 c buttermilk<\/li><li>1 tsp vanilla<\/li><li>1 tsp cinnamon<\/li><li>pinch clove<\/li><li>1\/2 bar dark chocolate (chopped)<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Preheat oven to 325 while you grease and dust with cocoa powder a large bunt pan.  Add to a saucepan on medium-low heat:  coffee, rum, butter, cocoa powder, chopped chocolate bar, and sugar until all is melted and combined, then cool.  Once the coffee and chocolate mixture is cool add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla.  Sift in flour mixed with soda, cinnamon, and clove a little at a time until well combined.  Pour into pan and bake 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rum icing, in the recipe on <a href=\"https:\/\/potpourriwithrosemarie.com\/2017\/10\/31\/aunt-isabelles-chocolate-tipsy-cake\/\">Potpourri with Rosemarie<\/a> was made with chocolate chips, butter, half and half and dark rum.  I had only the darkest chocolate on hand so I wanted to sweeten it.  While I should have just added white sugar, I was lazy and dropped in simple syrup, which is why my glaze in the picture looks all lumpy and weird.  It tasted lovely though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friends and I started up a book club to get us reading, and among other titles, we are reading books from Alice Hoffman&#8217;s Practical Magic series. Hoffman&#8217;s books are full of mentions of curative foods and drinks, yet very few full recipes are included. Fan&#8217;s of the series have already jumped in to fill&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2022\/06\/21\/chocolate-tipsy-cake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chocolate Tipsy Cake<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,106],"class_list":["post-9857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-reading","tag-recipes"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10821,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2023\/12\/13\/baking-vegan-with-old-recipes\/","url_meta":{"origin":9857,"position":0},"title":"Baking vegan with old recipes","author":"leems","date":"December 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"One of my favorite recipes for the holiday season is Hot Water Ginger Bread, which I have dubbed: 'no ingredients left in the house ginger bread.' 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