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scratch - Chocolate Cake w/Creamy Coffee Frosting

Source of Recipe

from dmvezina at rc


Recipe Link: www.recipecircus.com/recipes/dmvezina/CAKESandPIES/Cake_with_Coffee_Frosting.html

List of Ingredients

scratch - Chocolate Cake w/Creamy Coffee Frosting

1 1/2 cups flour
1 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 cup sugar
3 tbsp. butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup milk
3 egg whites
FILLING AND FROSTING
2 tsp. instant coffee dissolved in 1 tbsp. warm water
1 container (8 ounces) coolwhip
1/4 cup hot fudge

Heat oven to 375º. Spray a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking
spray; dust with flour.
In a medium bowl, sift together flour and baking powder.
In a large mixing bowl, beat sugar, butter and vanilla on medium speed with
an electric mixer for 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low and alternately beat in
flour mixture and milk.
In a medium mixing bowl, using mixer set on high speed, beat egg whites to
soft peaks. Fold into batter. Pour into prepared pan.
Bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Place
pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes. Turn cake onto rack to cool
completely.
To prepare frosting, in a large bowl, fold coffee into whipped topping.
Halve cake horizontally. Place bottom half on a serving plate; spread with
jam. Top with 3/4 cup of the coffee frosting. Top with second cake half.
Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.


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