i'm wanting a recipe that the cake has a bit of a coffee taste to it. is there such a thing? and if so, does anyone know where i might find the recipe? needs to be kind of dense. doing a cake in shape of coffee cup and customer (my sister, ha ha) wanted it to taste a bit like coffee. thanks

Using a chocolate cake mix, add an additional egg and a small box of instant chocolate pudding to make it more dense and moist. Instead of the water, add the same amount of cooled strong brewed coffee. Super easy and quite yummy!

You can also add in 2-3 tablespoon of instant coffee granuals.

Get the Italian instant coffee granules. I like Medaglia D'Oro. Use it for a mousse cake.

meant to say I use it for mousse cake. Sorry

The Chocolate Layer Cake recipe posted here at Cake Central by Tripletmom has coffee in it and tastes wonderful!! It's pretty dense, too. I would guess that it would work fine for what you're needing.