Grilled Chocolate Cake
Hot summer day? Skip the oven and bake this Grilled Chocolate Cake on the grill instead! This cake is topped with whipped cream to create a tasty summer dessert.
Servings: 9 servings
Calories: 430kcal
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Cake
- ⅔ cup strongly brewed coffee or espresso
- ¼ cup + 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 large eggs
- ⅔ cup buttermilk can substitute whole milk
- ½ cup vegetable oil or canola oil
- 1½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
For Topping
- 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 2 Tbsp confectioners’ sugar plus more for dusting
- mini chocolate chips and cocoa powder for garnishing
Instructions
For the Chocolate Cake
- Preheat grill to ~350°F using indirect heat (see note).
- Grease and flour (or spray with nonstick cooking spray) an 8”x8” heavy-gauge metal baking pan; set pan aside.
- Using a small saucepan, add coffee and cocoa powder; stir until well combined.
- Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil. Once boiling, remove from heat and let cool.
- Meanwhile, using a stand mixer, add sugar, salt, baking soda and eggs; mix on low speed until well combined.
- Add buttermilk, oil and vanilla extract; mix on low speed until well combined.
- Add flour; mix on low speed until well combined.
- Finally, add the cooled coffee/cocoa mixture; mix on low speed until well combined.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Place cake pan over indirect heat portion of grill. Grill for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out mostly clean.
- Let cake cool in pan for 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire cooling rack.
For Topping
- Using an electric mixer, whip together the cream and powdered sugar until soft peaks form.
- For serving, cut cake into squares and dust pieces with powdered sugar and then add dollop of fresh whipped cream. If desired, garnish cake slices with a pinch of mini chocolate chips and/or cocoa powder on top of whipped cream.
Notes
Indirect cooking on a grill is the opposite of cooking over direct flame. Most ceramic grill/smokers have inserts for indirect grilling. If you have a gas grill, you can set it up for indirect grilling by turning the two outside burners on medium or medium-low. Then just leave the middle burner(s) off. This method is called “M-O-M,” or medium-off-medium. You will place the cake pan over the middle (off) portion of the grill. For charcoal grills, simply pile equal amounts of charcoal on either side of the grill but leave the center portion without any charcoal. You will place the cake pan over the middle (no charcoal) portion of the grill.
Nutrition
Calories: 430kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 83mg | Sodium: 296mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 665IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 1mg
