Taste Of Texas Mocha Cake

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 cup cake flour, sifted
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 egg, unbeaten
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup brewed coffee
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4-1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 -3 tablespoons brewed coffee
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 sift flour with cocoa, soda, cinnamon. baking powder, and salt.
• 2 cream shortening; add sugar gradually, creaming together until light and fluffy.
• 3 add egg, beating thoroughly.
• 4 combine buttermilk, coffee, and vanilla.
• 5 add flour mixture to egg mixture, alternating with liquid, beating after each addition until smooth.
• 6 pour batter into a well greased and floured 9-inch square pan.
• 7 bake in moderate oven (350°f) for 35 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched.
• 8 cool.
• 9 frost with mocha cream frosting.
• 10 mocha cream frosting:.
• 11 sift sugar, cocoa, ans salt together.
• 12 cream butter and gradually add part of the sugar mixture, blending after each addition until light and fluffy.
• 13 add remaining sugar alternately with coffee mixture, until of the right consistency to spread, beating after each addition until smooth.
• 14 blend in vanilla.