Cafe Diablo

Description: Make and share this Cafe Diablo recipe from Food.com.

Ingredients:

• 8 cups water, Cold
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, Packed
• 1/2 ounce baking chocolate, Fine Chop
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick, broken In 1/2
• 1 cup regular grind coffee, Dry
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup brandy
• to taste whipped cream
• 8 tablespoons coffee liqueur

Steps:

1. Heat water, brown sugar, chocolate, cloves, and cinnamon to boiling in 3-quart saucepan; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
2. Stir in coffee. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 5 minutes.
3. Stir in vanilla.
4. Strain coffee through 4 thicknesses of cheesecloth.
5. Keep hot in saucepan after straining.
6. Heat brandy just until warm in small, long-handled saucepan.
7. Remove from heat; ignite. Pour flaming brandy over coffee. Allow flame to burn out; stir.
8. Pour coffee into cups or mugs.
9. Top each with whipped cream and 1 Tbsp liqueur.
10. Garnish with cinnamon stick, if desired.