Mocha Layer Cake

10 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 3 cups sifted cake flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons strong coffee
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 5 egg whites

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well.
  2. 2
    Dissolve soda in buttermilk. Combine flour, salt, and cocoa; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix well after each addition. Stir in coffee and vanilla.
  3. 3
    Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until stiff peaks form. Gently fold into the creamed mixture.
  4. 4
    Pour into 3 greased and floured 8-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans, and let cool completely.
  5. 5
    Spread Mocha Frosting between layers and on top of cake.

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