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Happy February and the time to celebrate all the chocolate desserts! Let’s kick things off with Kahlua chocolate cakes, rich and fudgy mini bundt cakes dipped in Kahlua glaze!
With a touch of espresso added to the batter for the most decadent chocolate flavor, these cakes make the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert. Dress up the tops with milk chocolate caramel duet hearts or a flurry of festive Valentine sprinkles for a delicious finish!
Kahlua Chocolate Cakes
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 9-10 mini bundt cakes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Kahlua chocolate cakes are rich and fudgy mini chocolate bundt cakes! Dipped in Kahlua glaze, these make the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert.
Ingredients
Cakes
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup milk, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tsp instant espresso
- 1/2 cup boiling water
- 2 oz semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
Glaze
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, melted
- pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Kahlua
- 1 Tbsp milk
- 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a mini bundt pan generously with nonstick spray.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl; make a well in the center of the mixture. Add sugars, egg, egg yolk, milk, yogurt, oil, and vanilla to flour mixture; whisk in just until incorporated. Dissolve instant espresso in boiling water; add to batter and whisk in until smooth. Fold in chopped chocolate.
- Spoon batter into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip and fill each cavity 2/3 full. Smooth batter with an offset spatula and tap pan sharply to reduce air bubbles. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until cakes spring back to the touch, and a tester inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few crumbs attached. Cool cakes in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes before inverting onto rack to cool completely.
- For the glaze, whisk together melted butter, salt, Kahlua, milk, and powdered sugar in a medium bowl until smooth. Set rack with cooled cakes over a piece of waxed paper. Dip cake tops into glaze and let glaze set before serving.
More Valentine’s Day recipes to try:
Double Chocolate Bundt Cake
Valentine Shortbread Cookies
Chocolate Toffee Shortbread Hearts
Brown Butter Linzer Heart Cookies
I would love to make this recipe butI don’t have mini bundt cake pans…..what other size pan can I use??? and baking time adjustments?
Hi Marianne, you can bake this recipe as cupcakes (bake at 350°F for 13-14 minutes). You could also divide the batter into 3 mini loaf pans (bake at 350°F for approximately 24-28 minutes). I have not tested this in mini loaf pans, so check for doneness after 20 minutes, and then keep an eye on them. Hope that helps!