One Bowl Midnight Mocha Madness

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup whipping cream
• 2 teaspoons instant coffee
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 (10 ounce) can chocolate frosting

Recipe

• 1 throw first 10 ingredients into a bowl.
• 2 with an electric mixer at low speed, mix until ingredients are all moistened.
• 3 scrape down bowl and turn mixer to high speed.
• 4 mix for 3 minutes.
• 5 divide between three 8" round greased cake pans and bake at 350f for 30-35 minutes.
• 6 whip cream with instant coffee and sugar.
• 7 place first layer of cooled cake on serving plate and top with half of the whipped cream.
• 8 cover with the second layer and put the other half of the cream on.
• 9 top with third layer.
• 10 heat the ready made frosting for about 15 seconds in the microwave, until just pourable.
• 11 pour over the top of the cake to make a glaze. the whipped cream will peek out of the sides.
• 12 once the actual cake is made, the assembly only takes a couple of minutes, and it will look like you are a kitchen magician.