Mocha Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

cocoa to dust pans
2 c. flour
1 2/3 c. sugar
1 1/3 c. water
2/3 c. butter, softened
3 eggs
2 tsp. instant coffee
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
Mocha Butter Frosting

Preparation

Preheat oven
to
350\u00b0.
Grease
two
9-inch round cake pans; coat bottoms and sides of pans lightly with cocoa.
Into a large bowl, measure 2/3 cup cocoa and remaining ingredients except frosting.
With
mixer
at
low
speed, beat until just mixed. Increase
speed to high;
beat 4 minutes.
Pour batter into pans. Bake
30
minutes
or
until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
Cool cake pans on wire racks for 10
minutes. Remove
from pans; cool completely.
Prepare Mocha Butter Frosting.
Place one layer, rounded side down, on cake plate; spread
with
about
1/3
of
frosting.
Top with second cake layer, rounded side up; frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting.
Makes 16 servings.