Name: Chocolate Gingerbread
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cup flour; 2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 tbsp ground ginger; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; 1 tsp ground allspice; 1 tsp dry mustard; 1/2 tsp ground black pepper; 8 tbsp butter, softened; 1/4 cup dark brown sugar; 2 eggs; 1 cup molasses; 8 oz melted chocolate; 1 cup strong coffee, cooled

Chocolate Gingerbread.

You can cook Chocolate Gingerbread using 14 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Gingerbread

Prepare 2 1/2 cup of flour.
Prepare 2 tsp of baking soda.
Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
You need 1 tbsp of ground ginger.
Prepare 1 tsp of ground cinnamon.
It's 1 tsp of ground allspice.
Prepare 1 tsp of dry mustard.
It's 1/2 tsp of ground black pepper.
It's 8 tbsp of butter, softened.
It's 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar.
It's 2 of eggs.
You need 1 cup of molasses.
You need 8 oz of melted chocolate.
You need 1 cup of strong coffee, cooled.

Chocolate Gingerbread step by step

Preheat oven to 375°F. Grease and flour 9" springform pan..
Sift all dry ingredients into a large bowl..
Beat butter in mixer bowl on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar, beat about 2 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time Beat in molasses and chocolate until smooth. Add dry ingredients alternately with the coffee. Scrape sides and bottom of mixer bowl to insure batter is well mixed. Pour into cake pan and bake until top springs back when lightly tapped, approximately 40 minutes. Remove from oven to coll on rack..
Make icing: in small heavy saucepan, combine 8 ounces of chocolate with 1/2 cup heavy cream. Over low heat, melt the chocolate; stir with a whisk while chocolate melts. Remove from heat. Pour icing on top of cooled cake and allow icing to drip over the side..