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Mocha: Cream-Cheese Mocha Cake

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

1/2 cup Strong brewed coffee, hot
1/3 cup Cocoa
1/2 cup Butter or margarine
1 cup Brown sugar
1 cup Granulated sugar
3 Egg yolks
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 cup Sour cream
2 cups All-purpose flour
3 Egg whites, beaten stiffly
2 Batches of Cream-Cheese frosting

CREAMCHEESE FROSTING 1 BATCH-----
3 ounces Cream cheese, softened
2 tb Butter
1/2 ts Vanilla flavoring
1 3/4 cups Confectioners' sugar


Recipe

Gradually add coffee to cocoa, stirring constantly; let stand until cool. Cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks; beat until batter is thick. Add coffee-and-cocoa mixture. Disolve soda in cream. Add alternately to sugar mixture with flour; beat well after each addition. Fold in egg whites. Pour batter into two well- greased and floured 9 inch cake pans. Bake in 350ºF oven 35 - 40 minutes or until done. Remove from pans and cool.

Prepare frosting as directed. Spread between cake layers; stack layers. Spread over sides and top of cake. Score top of cake to indicate serving pieces. Using a ribbon edge piping tip and frosting filled pastry bag, form a flower on each serving piece.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING: Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add sugar; beat until fluffy. Yields 1 cup.