Ohhh that combo is dangerously good ☕🍫
Here’s a rich coffee-chocolate cake with a silky Lotus Biscoff (Lotus cream) icing—deep, grown-up flavor with that caramelized crunch everyone loves.
☕🍫 Coffee & Chocolate Cake with Lotus Cream Icing
Makes: 1 two-layer 8–9 inch cake (or one tall single layer)
🧁 Coffee Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1¾ cups sugar
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk (or milk + 1 tbsp vinegar)
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup strong hot coffee (or espresso)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and line cake pans.
- Whisk flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add eggs, buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
- Slowly pour in hot coffee (batter will be thin—perfect).
- Pour into pans.
- Bake:
- 30–35 minutes (layers)
- 40–45 minutes (single pan)
- Cool completely before icing.
🍯 Lotus Cream Icing (Biscoff Frosting)
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup Lotus Biscoff spread
- 2–2½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2–4 tbsp heavy cream or milk
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Beat butter until fluffy (2–3 minutes).
- Beat in Lotus spread until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar gradually.
- Add vanilla, salt, and cream until silky and spreadable.
✨ Texture should be creamy, not stiff.
🍰 Assemble
- Level cake layers if needed.
- Spread icing generously between layers.
- Frost top and sides.
- Optional: drizzle warm Biscoff, sprinkle crushed biscuits, or add chocolate curls.
🔥 Pro Tips
- Coffee intensifies chocolate flavor—it won’t taste like coffee-heavy unless you want it to.
- Chill cake 20 minutes before final frosting for clean edges.
- For espresso lovers: replace half the coffee with espresso.
Variations
- 🧁 Cupcakes: bake 18–20 minutes
- 🍫 Extra chocolate: add chocolate chips to batter
- ☕ Mocha drip: drizzle chocolate ganache on top
- 🍪 Crunch layer: crushed Lotus biscuits between layers
If you want, I can also give you:
- No-bake Lotus icing
- Eggless version
- Sheet-pan party cake
- Light whipped Lotus frosting
Just tell me 😄
