3 TB unsweetened cocoa powder …......................……..1 TB Splenda sugar blend
1/4 tsp baking soda …………………..................………2-1/2 TB hot water or coffee
1-2 tsp instant coffee powder ………...................……..1 TB sugar-free chocolate syrup
2 cups sifted cake flour …………..................………….1/2 cup Splenda sugar blend
2-1/2 tsp baking powder ….................……………….…1/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter ………...............…………………….……2 large eggs, lightly beaten
2/3 cup sour cream……….................………………….. 1 tsp vanilla extract
GLAZE (OPTIONAL):
2 TB whipping cream ~ OR ~ 1 TB shortening (i.e. Crisco)
1/4 cup Hershey’s sugar-free chocolate morsels
Preheat oven to 350. Grease & flour (or baking spray) a small 6-cup Bundt pan or an 8½x4½” loaf pan. Set aside. ~
Combine cocoa, 1 TB Splenda, hot water (or coffee), instant coffee powder and chocolate syrup in small bowl ~ set aside.
Combine flour, Splenda, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture with a fork or a pastry blender until crumbly. (This can be done in food processor, pulse several times).
Combine eggs, milk, and vanilla in a small mixing bowl; add egg mixture to flour mixture. Beat at low speed in electric mixer until blended. Beat at medium speed for 30 seconds or until batter is smooth, stopping to scrape down sides of bowl. Repeat procedure 2 times. Set aside half of the batter. Add cocoa mixture to remaining batter, beating at low speed until blended. Alternate light and dark batters by tablespoonful’s into prepared pan. Gently swirl batters with a knife to create a marble effect.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool completely on a wire rack. Drizzle with chocolate glaze, if desired.
GLAZE: microwave cream/shortening in glass measuring cup at HIGH 30 seconds or until hot. Add chocolate morsels; stir until smooth. Drizzle chocolate over cake.
NOTE: The coffee(s) will only intensify the chocolate flavor ~ the cake will not have a coffee flavor.