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Buckwheat Espresso Cake with Oatmeal Streusel
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
German
Keyword
Streusel Cake
Prep Time
25
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
Total Time
55
minutes
Servings
12
Author
Lora Wiley-Lennartz
Ingredients
For the oatmeal streusel:
1
orange
3+1/4
cups
flour
1+3/4
cups
quick oats
1+1/4
cups
sugar
2
teaspoons
ground cinnamon
1
cup plus 2 tablespoons
unsalted butter, room temperature
For the Chocolate Buckwheat cake:
1/2
cup
semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2
cup
espresso
4
eggs
3/4
cups
sugar
1/4
teaspoon
salt
1/3
cup
almond butter
1
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
1+1/4
cup
buckwheat meal
For the Espresso syrup
1/4
cup
espresso
1
cup
powdered sugar
2
tablespoon
coffee liquor
Instructions
Make the Oatmeal Streusel:
Grease a 9 x 13 pan and set aside.
Zest the orange.
In a large separate bowl whisk together the flour, oatmeal, sugar, cinnamon, orange zest.
Knead the butter into the dry ingredients until it forms streusel crumbs.
Press half the streusel mixture into the prepared pan.
Make the Chocolate Buckwheat cake:
Place the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl. Heat espresso until boiling and pour over the chocolate chips. Stir to smooth out the mixture.
Separate the eggs.
Beat the egg whites and salt until stiff peaks form. Sprinkle the sugar over the egg whites.
Add the egg yolks, almond butter, nutmeg to the espresso chocolate. Mix thoroughly.
Fold in the sugared egg whites, then fold in the buckwheat flour.
Assemble the cake:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Spread the mixture out on top of the streusel in the pan.
Distribute the rest of the streusel on top.
Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before drizzling the syrup over the top.
Make the Espresso Syrup:
Place the remaining 1/4 cup of espresso, powdered sugar, and coffee liquor into a saucepan and cook, stirring until dissolved.
Bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
Drizzle over the cake.