Mocha Layer Cake
Yield
servingsPrep
30 minCook
30 minReady
60 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 3 | tablespoons |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 2 ¼ | teaspoons |
salt
|
|
| ½ | cup |
butter
or shortening |
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
well beaten |
|
| ¾ | cup |
coffee
strong |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Filling and topping | |||
| 2 | tablespoons |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 1 | cup |
whipped cream
|
|
| ½ | cup |
dates
finely cut or raisin |
|
| ½ | cup |
nuts
broken |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 473 | ml |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 45 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 11 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 118 | ml |
butter
or shortening |
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | each |
eggs
well beaten |
|
| 177 | ml |
coffee
strong |
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Filling and topping | |||
| 3E+1 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 237 | ml |
whipped cream
|
|
| 118 | ml |
dates
finely cut or raisin |
|
| 118 | ml |
nuts
broken |
*
|
Directions
Sift flour once, measure, add cocoa, baking powder and salt and sift together three times.
Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy; then beat in egg.
Add flour, alternately with coffee, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
Add vanilla.
Bake in two greased 9 inch layer pans in moderate oven, 375℉ (190℃) F for 30 minutes.
Cool.
Add confectioners' sugar to whipped cream, mixing until blended.
Fold dates and nut meats into whipped cream.
Spread between layers of cake.
Sift confectioners' sugar over top of cake.
