Old World Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 42 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup cocoa, baking
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 1/3 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Recipe

• 1 sift the cake flour, sugar, cocoa, instant coffee, baking soda and salt together in a large mixing bowl.
• 2 add the shortening, 2/3 c of the buttermilk and vanilla.
• 3 beat with an electric mixer, set on medium speed, for 2 minutes.
• 4 add remaining 1/3 c of buttermilk and eggs.
• 5 beat, at medium speed, for 2 more minutes.
• 6 pour batter into 2 greased 8-inch round cake pans.
• 7 bake in a 350 degree f preheated oven for 30 minutes or until cakes test done.
• 8 cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from pans; and completely cool.
• 10 place one cake layer on serving palte.
• 11 spread with sweetened whipped cream.
• 12 top with second cake layer.
• 13 frost cake with remaining sweetened whipped cream.
• 14 refrigerate until serving time.
• 15 sweetened whipped cream: chill mixing bowl and beaters.
• 16 place cream, sugar, and vanilla in chilled bowl.
• 17 beat with electric mixer, at high speed, until soft peaks form and mixture is of a spreading consistency.
• 18 do not overbeat. (if you do, you will have butter.)