Friday, September 9, 2011

Dark Coffee Chocolate Cake

It is super good and super easy to impress friends and family for any occasion when showing up with chocolate cake. The following creamy frosting recipe goes with any cake or cupcake. Whether feeling sad or happy, chocolate cake is the answer.

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Hershey coco powder
3 tbs instant coffee
1/2 tsp baking soda
1and 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup boiling water
1 cup sour milk*
1/2 cup vegetable oil or 4oz apple sauce
Frosting:
6tbs soft butter
1/2 cup coco powder
2  cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1/3 cup milk

Directions:
Pre heat oven to 350°
Butter two 9 inch round cake pan. Set aside
Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
In a mixing bowl with electric mixer beat eggs, sugar, oil and sour milk until light and fluffy. Slowly mix in hot boiling water, vanilla and flour mixture and beat until incorporated. Pour the batter equally into the prepare baking pan. Bake in oven for 40 minutes or until tooth pick insert in the center come out clean. Let cool before frosting.


* To make sour milk by add 1tbs lemon juice in one cup and fill the rest with milk. Let stand for 15 minutes .

To make frosting:
Combine all the ingredients accept milk. Mix  them well together, adding milk slowly until desire consistency.

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