The Easiest Chocolate Cake

Name: The Easiest Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups white sugar; 3 eggs; 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder; 1 1/2 ounces vanilla sugar; 1 cup shortening; 1 cup orange juice; 1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar; 2 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee powder; 5 teaspoons milk

11 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups white sugar
3 eggs
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 ounces vanilla sugar
1 cup shortening
1 cup orange juice
1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee powder
5 teaspoons milk

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch cake pan.
2

Whip the sugar, eggs, baking powder, and the vanilla sugar. (To make Vanilla Sugar: Place one clean vanilla bean in a pint jar with 1 - 1 1/2 cups white sugar. Shake occasionally. After a few days, use the sugar and replenish as necessary.) Add the shortening and mix well.
3

Stir in the flour, the cocoa powder, and the orange juice and mix until homogeneous. Pour batter into prepared pan.
4

Bake cake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 40 minutes. Remove cake from oven and immediately spread coffee glaze over top.
5

To Make Glaze: Five minutes before cake is done, mix together confectioners' sugar, Nescafe powder, and milk. Use immediately to spread over hot cake.