This no bake chocolate coffee cake is flavourful and moist and a treat for all mocha lovers. Plus it gets ready with just few ingredients. This cake or you may even call it a dessert will be loved by kids. You can also involve them in preparing this cake. If you have chocolate ganache ready, then this cake gets ready quickly; just mix all the ingredients and let the cake set in the fridge.
Ingredients
For Chocolate Ganache
100 grams semi-sweet chocolate bar chopped into pieces
½ cup cream can use amul cream
For Cake Base4-5 digestive biscuits we have used big digestive biscuits if using small ones take 6-7 biscuits)
3 tablespoon chocolate ganache
For Coffee Decoction2 teaspoon water
1 teaspoon instant coffee powder
Method
For Chocolate Ganache
- Take chopped chocolate and cream in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for about 30 seconds for 2-3 times. Take out the bowl every time and mix to see how much the chocolate has melted.
- You can even do this process on gas – just heat cream till it is hot (do not let it boil). Pour hot cream on chopped chocolate and mix.
- Chocolate Ganache is ready. Refrigerate for about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
For Coffee Decoction
- Take 2 teaspoon hot water in a bowl and add 1 teaspoon instant coffee powder. Mix well. Let this cool down a bit.
For Cake Base
- Put digestive biscuits in a zip lock bag. Crush coarsely with a rolling pin. You can even crush biscuits in a mixer/chopper.
- Take coarsely crushed biscuits in a bowl. Add prepared coffee decoction and about 3 tablespoon chocolate ganache to it. Mix well.
- Grease a 5 inch loose bottom / spring form baking tin with butter. If you are using a normal baking tin, then grease with butter and line it with parchment paper.
- Place the prepared mixture in the tin and press with the back of a spoon or a flat spatula to level.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Meanwhile also refrigerate remaining ganache.
- Put ganache in a piping bag and decorate the cake. Again refrigerate for about an hour.
- Demould the cake, cut into slices and enjoy. Keep the cake refrigerated.
- NOTE : If you want to just pour ganache over the cake, then microwave for a few seconds and pour it over the cake. Then refrigerate for about an hour.