​Chocolate ball cake on leftover coffee

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​Chocolate ball cake on leftover coffee

Bake with leftover coffee. This a recipe of a festive chocolate ball cake. It works great to use yesterday’s coffee that you have stored in the fridge.

Ingredients:

300 g room temperature butter

3 dl white sugar

1 tablespoon vanilla sugar

2 dl cacao

1 litre rolled oats

1 dl leftover coffee

Here’s how:

Line the cake pan with parchment paper

Beat the ingredients to an even mix without any lumps

Take some of the batter and roll 12 small chocolate balls

Press out the rest of the batter in the cake pan and put it in the fridge for an hour or so

Take out the cake and roll the edges in roasted coconut and decorate with the chocolate balls

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Reusing the coffee grounds is one of the tips in Löfbergs´s initiative to help more people make use of the whole cup and make the most of their coffee. By using the whole cup, the consumers will get more for their money at the same time as we make a joint effort for the environment.

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