Blum S Coffee Crunch Cake

Make the coffee crunch.

Blum s coffee crunch cake. Generously oil a large baking sheet. Immediately add soda and vigorously beat just until mixture thickens and pulls away from sides of pan. Sift baking soda onto a sheet of wax paper. Mixture foams rapidly when soda is added.

It teams a light sponge cake with rich coffee frosting and crunchy shards of coffee flavored candy. Bring to a boil and cook until mixture reaches 310 degrees on a candy thermometer or hardcrack stage when a small amount dropped into cold water breaks with a brittle snap remove syrup from heat. Best of all the base is a super light lemon chiffon cake that surprisingly complement the coffee whipped cream. Published october november 2017.

Serves 8 to 10. We made the candy by. Cover both halves with whipped cream using approximately 1 2 cup per side. Frost the sides and top of the cake with the remaining whipped cream.

I m looking for a recipe for crunch cake from now closed blum s bakery in beverly hills. Scatter 1 cup of the crunch evenly to cover the bottom half. Crushed bits of homemade coffee candy adorn the outside of this delicious cake. Why this recipe works.

It was a birthday favorite m. I was afraid that the coffee honeycomb would just be there for decoration but it definitely. Directions for the coffee whipped cream. To make the coffee crunch.

Add the sugar coffee and corn syrup to the pot and cook over medium high heat stirring occasionally. As soon as i saw this cake i found it gorgeous with its coffee honeycomb look. Apparently a mythical cake of the blum s coffee in san francisco which closed down in the 70s no need to mention that we will never what the original was like. The crunch cake has been a times reader.

Scatter 1 cup of the crunch evenly to cover the bottom half. Place the cake on a turntable or cake stand and using a long serrated knife slice the cake horizontally in half. Martha recreates the iconic dessert from blum s bakery in san francisco. This retro san francisco cake marries light lemon chiffon cake with coffee kissed whipped cream.

Cover both halves with whipped cream using approximately 1 2 cup per side. Blum s coffee crunch cake. Do not destroy foam by beating excessively immediatley pour foamy mass into. And i found this blum s coffee crunch cake.

Combine sugar coffee and corn syrup in saucepan at least 5 deep. Combine coffee sugar and corn syrup in a heavy 4 quart saucepan. Attach a candy thermometer to the side of a 4 to 6 quart heavy pot. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Place the top half cream side down on the top of the crunch layer and press gently to even the layers. Combine the heavy cream sugar vanilla and coffee in a large bowl and whip with a handheld mixer until medium peaks form. Remove the top half and place cut side up on a plate.