Mocha Dark Chocolate Cake With Cappuccino Frosting Recipe

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Mocha Dark Chocolate Cake With Cappuccino Frosting
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Grease one 9x13 or two 9 round cake pans.
  3. Cake: combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cocoa.
  4. Add the molasses, mayonnaise, and vegetable oil. Mix well.
  5. While mixing, pour in the hot coffee.
  6. Add the vanilla and chocolate chips, stir until combined. Batter will be thinner than normal cake batters.
  7. Pour the batter into the pan(s). Bake for the 35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. 9x13 pans usually need to go for a few more minutes.
  8. If you are layering the round cakes, cool them for ten minutes on a wire rack, run a knife gently around the edges, flip pans over, rest for 10 minutes, then remove cakes from pans. Don't worry if they break apart a little bit. You can glue them back together with glaze and frosting!
  9. Allow cakes to cool completely, even overnight, before glazing/frosting.
  10. Espresso/Coffee Glaze:.
  11. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar and coffee/espresso. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
  12. Allow to cool to body temperature or lower.
  13. Cappuccino Frosting.
  14. Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
  15. Combine butter and shortening in a seperate, large bowl or mixer. Beat until fluffy.
  16. Add vanilla to the butter/shortening mixture.
  17. To the butter mixture, add half of the dry ingredients, beat, then half of the espresso/coffee, beat some more, then the other half of the dry ingredients, beat again.
  18. Add the remaining coffee slowly, only until desired consistency is reached. For a frosted layer cake, you want it to be a bit thick, but still smooth and fluffy.
  19. Assembly:.
  20. Set up desired cake board with one of the round cakes. Brush the ckae entirely with the semi-cool coffee glaze.
  21. Allow the glaze about 5 minutes to set.
  22. Spread a generous layer of frosting on top and place the second cake.
  23. Glaze the second cake.
  24. If you have any leftover glaze, just keep brushing it on (resist the urge to sip it, if you can!).
  25. Frost the sides and top of the cake with remaining frosting.
  26. Store cake in the refrigerator until you need it, as that will set the frosting properly. Because of the shortening, it will sit out well in normal temperatures, once it's been chilled.
  27. Enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2279.18 Kcal (9542 kJ)
Calories from fat 1045.31 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 116.15g 179%
Cholesterol 33.64mg 11%
Sodium 2892.27mg 121%
Potassium 4203.81mg 89%
Total Carbs 295.67g 99%
Sugars 184.99g 740%
Dietary Fiber 4.4g 18%
Protein 20.62g 41%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 4%
Iron 4.1mg 23%
Calcium 337.5mg 34%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 444.43 Kcal (1861 kJ)
Calories from fat 203.83 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 22.65g 179%
Cholesterol 6.56mg 11%
Sodium 563.98mg 121%
Potassium 819.73mg 89%
Total Carbs 57.65g 99%
Sugars 36.07g 740%
Dietary Fiber 0.86g 18%
Protein 4.02g 41%
Iron 0.8mg 23%
Calcium 65.8mg 34%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 54.5
    Points
  • 64
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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