Chocolate Mocha Cake With Cream Cheese Icing

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup whole milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup strong brewed coffee
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f. grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans, in order to make 2 cake layers.
• 2 in a large bowl, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. beat all on medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes.
• 3 stir in boiling, strong, hot coffee; batter will be thin.
• 4 pour batter into prepared pans. bake 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 5 cool 10 minutes, then remove cake layers from pans to wire racks.
• 6 while cake is cooling, make the icing. to make icing, mix cream cheese, margarine, and vanilla extract. add sugar and beat until creamy and smooth.
• 7 to finish cake, make sure the layers are completely cool. take one round layer, place it on a serving plate, and top it with a layer of icing. then place the other round layer on top, and ice the entire cake.