i am making a chocolate cake from a recipe in coffetti cakes...it calls for 1.5 cups of strong coffee. does that mean the coffee grinds or do i have to brew the coffee? i know this may sound silly, but i usually use boxed cake 
thanks!
This chocolate cake is my absolute favorite!!! And it is brewed coffee!!! 
Enjoy!! I know I do!! 
Brewed coffee and you will LOVE it. I'm not familiar with that recipe, but i replace the water in any chocolate cake recipe with coffee.
I agree with the others. I don't use this recipe but I do sub brewed coffee for the water in my chocolate cakes. The coffee enhances the chocolate flavor.
I use instant coffee granules (2t to 1C boiling water), you can also substitue for Kahlua if you want another option.
Like others have said, use brewed coffee. It's amazing, you'll never use water in a chocolate cake again.
(I adore Confetti Cakes! All of the recipes are delicious!)
Another fan of that recipe here.
Yes, brew the coffee and the OP is right, you can impart different flavors depending on what flavor coffee you use.
I'm usually not patient enough to wait for the brewed coffee to cool so I use instant espresso.
i am making a chocolate cake from a recipe in coffetti cakes...it calls for 1.5 cups of strong coffee. does that mean the coffee grinds or do i have to brew the coffee? i know this may sound silly, but i usually use boxed cake
thanks!
Brew the coffee, and allow it to cool off a bit, but not fully cool --just not scalding hot. The warmth of the coffee is another boost to the chocolate. Some use day-old coffee for the "strong" factor, others use espresso syrup slightly diluted. I find the strong, warm coffee works best for enhancing the layers of flavor in chocolate.
I'm surprised to hear so many people using coffee in cake - I haven't baked my own cake from scratch for a while, but I will be sure to try out the water + coffee substitute next time - yum.
Can you actually taste the coffee flavour or just chocolate? (I know lots of people don't actually like coffee).
I personaly don't think that you can taste the coffee - like others have said it just seems to enhance the chocolate flavours.
I personaly don't think that you can taste the coffee - like others have said it just seems to enhance the chocolate flavours.
So how much coffee would you add to a chocolate cake recipe to turn it into a MOCHA flavoured cake?
my recipe has 2t coffee made with 1cup boiling water. The total wet ingredients are: 1C milk, 1C boiling coffee, 1/2C oil, 1t vanilla essence, 2 eggs. If it's for an adult I also sometimes substitute 1/2 C milk for 1/2 C Kahlua for extra coffee flavour.
I personaly don't think that you can taste the coffee - like others have said it just seems to enhance the chocolate flavours.
So how much coffee would you add to a chocolate cake recipe to turn it into a MOCHA flavoured cake?
That depends on the recipe. I have two recipes that call for coffee. One has no dairy in it and you can taste the coffee. It is the coco loco cake in the book cakes to dream on. If you look for the posting titled ? For scratch bakers in the cake decorating forum, you will find s several recipes In there.( sorry no link. I'm on my iPad and it takes too long to make one on this)
The other recipe I use has dairy in it and you cannot taste the coffee.
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