Fudge Mocha Cake with Mocha Frosting

Fudge Mocha Cake

1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons butter or shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups pastry flour
1/6 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk, additional

Scald milk and pour it over beaten egg yolks.  Cook in double boiler until mixture thickens like custard.  Add cocoa and beat thoroughly into the custard.

Put sugar and butter in a bowl, add custard mixture, and stir thoroughly.  Add vanilla, then flour, salt, and baking powder sifted together, and additional milk.

Fold in egg whites, which have been beaten until stiff.  Pour into a well-greased cake pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for about 40 minutes.

Frost sides with mocha frosting.  If desired, chopped nuts or crystallized cherries can be used to garnish the top of the cake.

Mocha Frosting

6 tablespoons butter
2 cups confectioner’s sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa
3 tablespoons instant coffee
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Beat butter to a cream, adding 1 cup of sugar.  Then sift and add cocoa, coffee, remaining sugar, and vanilla.

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