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    Coffee Frosted Cocoa Cake


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    List of Ingredients




    Servings: 18

    1 1/2 cups sugar
    1/2 cup margarine, softened
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    2 cups all-purpose flour
    3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
    2 teaspoons baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 cup skim milk

    Coffee Frosting (recipe follows)

    Recipe



    Combine sugar and margarine in
    large bowl; beat until light and
    fluffy.

    Add eggs one at a time, beating
    well after each addition.

    Stir in vanilla.

    Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda,
    and salt in medium bowl.

    Mix dry ingredients into egg mixture
    alternately with milk, blending well.

    Spread batter in greased and floured
    13x9-inch cake pan.

    Bake cake at 350 degrees 25 to 35 minutes
    or until toothpick inserted in center
    comes out clean and cake begins to pull
    away from sides of pan.

    Cool completely on wire rack.

    Frost with Coffee Frosting.


    Coffee Frosting

    (Makes about 1/2 cup)

    1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
    1 tablespoon hot water
    1 tablespoon margarine, softened
    1 cup powdered sugar
    2-3 tablespoons fat-free milk


    Dissolve coffee in hot water in medium bowl.

    Beat in margarine, powdered sugar, and enough
    milk for spreading consistency.

    Variation: Apricot Cocoa Cake

    Make cake as above and cool on wire rack.

    Spread cake with 1 1/2 cups lite apricot preserves.

    Cut cake into squares; drizzle each serving with
    1 tablespoon sugar-free chocolate topping.


 

 

 


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