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The Naked Hibiscus Chocolate Cake My Guests Always Ask For
- Prep
- 25 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Total
- 185 min
- Serves
- 16
- Calories
- 350 kcal
- Carbs
- 50.00 g
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cupsall-purpose flour
- 2 cupsgranulated sugar
- 3/4 cupunsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoonsbaking soda
- 1 teaspoonbaking powder
- 1 teaspoonkosher salt
- 1 cupbuttermilk
- 1/2 cupvegetable oil
- 2 largeeggs
- 1 teaspoonpure vanilla extract
- 1 cuphot coffee
- 1/2 cupwater
- 2 tablespoonsdried hibiscus flowers
- 8 ouncescream cheese
- 1/2 cupunsalted butter
- 3 1/2 cupsconfectioner's sugar
- a pinchkosher salt
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Prepare two 8-inch round cake pans.
- 2
Combine dry ingredients in a mixer and mix on low speed.
- 3
Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl and combine with dry ingredients.
- 4
Pour batter into prepared pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
- 5
Cool cakes and wrap them in plastic wrap, chilling for at least 2 hours.
- 6
Prepare hibiscus tea and strain it.
- 7
Beat cream cheese and butter, incorporate sugar, and add hibiscus tea.