Mocha Layer Cake
2 cups Cake flour -- sifted 3 tablespoons Cocoa 2 1/4 teaspoons Salt 1/2 cup Butter -- or shortening 1 cup Sugar 1 Egg -- well beaten 3/4 cup Coffee -- strong 1 teaspoon Vanilla
Ingredients
- 2cups cake flour -- sifted
- 3tablespoons cocoa
- 21/4 teaspoons salt
- 1/2cupbutter -- or shortening
- 1cupsugar
- 1egg -- well beaten
- 3/4cupcoffee -- strong
- 1teaspoonvanilla
Directions
- 1
2 cups Cake flour -- sifted 3 tablespoons Cocoa 2 1/4 teaspoons Salt 1/2 cup Butter -- or shortening 1 cup Sugar 1 Egg -- well beaten 3/4 cu
- 2
sugar 1 cup Cream -- whipped 1/2 cup Dates -- finely cut-or raisin 1/2 cup Nut meats -- broken Sift flour once, measure, add cocoa, baking p
- 3
Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy
- 4
then beat in egg
- 5
Add flour, alternately with coffee, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth
- 6
Add vanilla
- 7
Bake in two greased 9" layer pans in moderate oven, 375~, 30 minutes
- 8
Add confectioners' sugar to whipped cream, mixing until blended