Mocha Chocolate Cake
This is a fabulous cake! A melding of chocolate, mocha and cream cheese flavors :) Without frosting, the cake alone is also very delicious. Chocolate ganache also makes a wonderful topping for this cake.
Servings 15 serving
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 Cup unsalted butter
- 3 Cups brown sugar
- 4 egg
- 3 Teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 Cups all purpose flour
- ¾ Cup cocoa Powder
- 3 Teaspoons baking soda
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ Cups coffee Black
- 1 ⅓ Cups sour cream
Frosting
- 12 Ounces cream cheese
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 6 Ounces chocolate Bittersweet
- 6 Tablespoons coffee Black
- 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 ½ Cups sugar Confectioners
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Make sure that butter is at room temperature. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
- Combine all the dry ingredients - flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
- Prepare black coffee with triple the strength of a normal black coffee. I used 3 tsps of coffee powder to prepare 1 cup coffee. Let your coffee cool down.
- Add to creamed mixture alternately with cooled coffee and sour cream, beating well after each addition.
- Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Frosting :- In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
- Prepare coffee in the same manner. Beat in the chocolate, cooled coffee and vanilla until blended.
- Adjust confectioners sugar quantity according to your desired sweetness. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar.
- Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread the filling. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake. Cover and refrigerate until serving.