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Mocha Sauce

This sauce is wonderful on pound cake, ice cream, and many other desserts.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    1 cup

Ingredients

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup strong brewed coffee
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup heavy cream

Preparation

  1. In a small saucepan, combine all the ingredients and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is smooth and slightly thickened. Cool.

The Lady & Sons, Too! by Paula Deen. © 2001 by Paula H. Deen. Published by Random House. All Rights Reserved. Paula H. Deen was born and raised in Albany, Georgia. She later moved to Savannah, where she and her two sons, Bobby and Jamie, started the Bag Lady catering company. The business took off and evolved into The Lady & Sons Restaurant, which is located in Savannah’s historic district and specializes in Southern cooking. Paula is the host of Food Network’s Paula’s Home Cooking and is a regular guest on QVC, where her cookbooks are one of the newtowrk’s biggest sellers.
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