cappuccino cake with mocha frosting
Ingredients
- Servings: 1
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
- 1/4 cup instant cappuccino coffee powder
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 3 egg whites
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 4 tablespoons milk
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
- 1 cup hot water
Recipe
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Ready Time: 40 mins
- preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
- in a large bowl, combine cake mix and 1/4 cup cappuccino. pour in 1 1/4 cups water, 3 egg whites and 1 tablespoon oil. mix well, then pour batter into prepared pans.
- bake in preheated oven according to package directions until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn out wire racks and cool completely.
- to make the mocha frosting: in a large bowl, combine shortening with vanilla. blend in half of the confectioners' sugar. blend in 2 tablespoons milk. repeat with remaining confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons milk. mix in approximately half of the cocoa.
- dissolve the 1 tablespoon instant coffee into 1 cup of hot water. while still warm, pour two tablespoons of the coffee into the frosting mixture. mix in remaining cocoa. add coffee mixture, a tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is achieved. fill and frost cake.
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