Recipe: Appetizing Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting

Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting.

You can have Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting using 19 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting

1. You need of BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:.
2. You need 1 1/2 cup (3 sticks) of butter, softened.
3. Prepare 1 cup of unsweetened cocoa.
4. Prepare 5 cups of confectioners sugar.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of milk.
6. It's 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
7. You need 1/2 teaspoon of espresso powder.
8. You need of CAKE:.
9. You need 2 cups of all-purpose flour.
10. It's 2 cup of sugar.
11. Prepare 3/4 cups of unsweetened cocoa.
12. It's 2 teaspoons of baking powder.
13. You need 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking soda.
14. It's 1 teaspoon of salt.
15. Prepare 1 cup of milk.
16. Prepare 1/2 cup of oil.
17. You need 2 of eggs.
18. You need 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
19. You need 1 cup of boiling water.

Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting instructions

1. FROSTING: add cocoa to large bowl and remove lumps. Cream butter and cocoa. Add sugar and milk to cocoa mixture by adding 1 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon milk until all combined. Turn mixer on high for 1 minute. Add vanilla and espresso powder and combine well. If frosting is too dry out a little more milk 1 tablespoon at a time..
2. CAKE: preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare a nine inch cake pan..
3. Add flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder to a large bowl. Whisks early to combine. Add milk, oil, eggs, and vanilla to flour mixture and mix on medium until combined. Reduce speed and add boiling water to cake batter and beat on high for another minute..
4. Pour into pans and bake for 30 to 35 minutes..