Coffee is one of those things that is indispensable to me. Of course, I’m not alone. My morning begins only when I’ve taken a sip from my favourite mug. Admittedly, I have been late in joining the coffee-drinkers club (only after I moved to Australia) but the love for coffee flavoured desserts dates back to my early baking days. It started with the first time I tasted mocha truffles and grew with the discovery of the Tiramisu. But this one is different. nothing fancy. You can call it a Coffee flavoured Coffee Cake.

This is a moist, not too rich cake with a strong taste of coffee which is what I was after. Unless there’s enough coffee flavour in there, you really can’t taste it. Then I am happy drinking coffee. Why bother adding it to a cake" So after a few trials I came up with this recipe that I was finally happy with (because you don’t want it to taste bitter either). It is quite easy to put together, actually everything is mixed in one bowl. To dress it up I just piped some whipped cream (that has also been infused with coffee) and topped the cake with chocolate shards. I think there is no better pairing with Coffee than chocolate. You can also glaze the Coffee cake with chocolate ganache if you don’t feel like making the chocolate shards. It’s delicious either way.
The Chocolate shards are not difficult to make. I am sharing a video that I found on YouTube. If you are making it for the first time, use a little quantity o...