Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake

Name: Blum's Coffee Crunch Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces; 298 grams), sugar; 1/4 cup, brewed coffee; 1/4 cup, light corn syrup; 1 tablespoon, baking soda; 1 cup (7 ounces; 198 grams), sugar; 1¼ cups (5 ounces; 142 grams), cake flour; 1½ teaspoons, baking powder; ¼ teaspoon, salt; 5 , large eggs (2 whole, 3 separated), room temperature; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon, grated lemon zest plus 2 tablespoons juice; 2 cups, heavy cream, chilled; 6 tablespoons (2⅔ ounces; 76 grams), sugar; 1 tablespoon, instant espresso powder; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2017

Desserts or Baked Goods

Cakes

Crushed bits of homemade coffee candy adorn the outside of this delicious cake.

SERVES10 to 12

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This retro San Francisco cake marries light lemon chiffon cake with coffee-kissed whipped cream. The unforgettable part of the dessert is the homemade coffee candy that coats the exterior. We made the candy by adding baking soda to a simple...

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