Today we made Mocha Layer Cake With Cocoa Cream Cheese Frosting!
2C chocolate chips, 1t salt, 3C flour, 1 1/2C brewed coffee, 1/4C skim milk, 4T cold butter, 1 1/2C sugar, 1/3C cocoa powder, 1 1/2T baking powder
Frosting: 5T skim milk, 1/2C cocoa, 5 to 5 1/2C powdered sugar, sifted, 4 oz cream cheese
Preheat oven to 350F. Melt 1 CUP chocolate chips with coffee. Stir until blended. Cool.
In bowl, sift together dry ingredients including sugar. Blend in butter. Mixture should still be powdery. Stir in skim milk and coffee mixture.
Fold in remaining chocolate chips.
Turn into 2 greased, round 8″ cake pans.
Bake 30-35 minutes or until center is set and cakes come away from sides of pans. Cool. Remove cakes from pans. Frost: Mix all frosting ingredients until spreadable.
Spread 1/3 of frosting on bottom cake layer.
Cover with top cake layer. Spread remaining frosting on top and sides. Chill until ready to serve.