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Espresso Buckwheat Streusel Cake

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:

  1. Grease a 9 x 13 pan and set aside.
  2. Zest the orange.
  3. In a large separate bowl whisk together the flour, oatmeal, sugar, cinnamon, orange zest.
  4. Knead the butter into the dry ingredients until it forms streusel crumbs.
  5. Press half the streusel mixture into the prepared pan.
    Espresso Buckwheat Cake with Oatmeal Streusel

Make the Chocolate Buckwheat cake:

  1. Place the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl. Heat espresso until boiling and pour over the chocolate chips. Stir to smooth out the mixture.
  2. Separate the eggs.
  3. Beat the egg whites and salt until stiff peaks form. Sprinkle the sugar over the egg whites.
  4. Add the egg yolks, almond butter, nutmeg to the espresso chocolate. Mix thoroughly.
  5. Fold in the sugared egg whites, then fold in the buckwheat flour.
    Espresso Buckwheat Cake with Oatmeal Streusel
  6. Assemble the cake:
  7. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  8. Spread the mixture out on top of the streusel in the pan.
    Espresso Buckwheat Cake with Oatmeal Streusel
  9. Distribute the rest of the streusel on top.
  10. Place in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.

  11. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before drizzling the syrup over the top.

Make the Espresso Syrup:

  1. Place the remaining 1/4 cup of espresso, powdered sugar, and coffee liquor into a saucepan and cook, stirring until dissolved.
  2. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
  3. Drizzle over the cake.
    Espresso Buckwheat Cake with Oatmeal Streusel