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Black Russian Chocolate Chip Cake

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Vegetables, Grains	Russian	Cakes	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Box yellow cake mix; pudding-in-the-cake
4		Eggs; lightly beaten
1/2	c	Cold water
1/2	c	Vegetable oil
1	tb	Instant coffee powder
1/2	c	Vodka
1/2	c	Semisweet chocolate chips; mini
1/2	c	Nuts; chopped
1/4	c	Butter
1/8	c	Water
1/2	c	Sugar
1/8	c	Vodka
1/8	c	Kahlua

INSTRUCTIONS

CAKE: Heat oven to 325. Grease and flour 10" tube pan. Mix together cake
mix, eggs, cold water, oil, coffee powder and vodka. Beat vigorously for 2
mins, then stir in chips & nuts. Pour in tube pan and bake 50 - 60 mins.
until toothpick tests clean. Cool. Remove from pan.
GLAZE: Melt butter in saucepan. Stir in water & sugar. Boil exactly 5
minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in vodka & kahlua.
Prick top & sides of cake and drizzle glaze evenly over top & sides.
Recipe by: ancient unknown magazine
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #956 by The Meades <kmeade@idsonline.com> on
Dec 13, 1997

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