KATRINE MIRA DAMM ARTICLES

Should I add coffee when baking?

Written by Katrine Mira Damm

I personally love to add coffee when baking anything that contains chocolate. It brings out the richest and chocolatey notes of chocolate and make it so much more intense. It is also a great way to use up any leftover coffee. So, should you add it to your baking and when would it be a good idea to do so?

Chocolate cake

Adding coffee is a good way to enhance the chocolatey taste and add a more complex flavour to it. The coffee will help the chocolate to shine and does not in any way steal the chocolate flavour you are going for. You can add the coffee to a ready to bake boxed chocolate cake mix as well, it will only upgrade the cake.

Brownies

Adding coffee when baking brownies really add depth to your brownies and highlights the chocolate taste. You will not be able to taste the coffee, except if you add a ridiculously amount of coffee though. Adding that much would also thin out the batter, and who wants thin brownie batter? Another option would be to put in fresh ground coffee or instant instead of brewed leftover coffee.

To sum it up, kind of all recipes calling for chocolate calls for some coffee as well, as they go so well together. Even people who (gasps) does not like coffee, will probably like adding it to a cake containing chocolate, as it highlights the chocolate.

Avocado truffles Made by @JustWriteKat

1.5 avocado 200 g. chocolate ½ spoon coconut oil 2 spoon coconut fiber flour 2 spoon leftover coffee Pinch of sea salt Coconut flour to roll them in

Melt the chocolate with the coconut oil. Blend it together with the rest of the ingredients and put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Roll them into balls and dip them in the coconut flour.

Keep them stored in re refrigerator for a week or make a big batch and freeze some as well. You can freeze them for two months and they only take 10-15 minutes to thaw. An easy snack full of antioxidants!