Frangelico chocolate cake with frosting
12 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Eggs | |
| ¾ | cup | Granulated sugar |
| ½ | cup | Butter |
| 1 | cup | Lt. brown sugar; packed |
| 6 | tablespoons | Butter |
| 1 | pounds | Sifted powdered sugar |
| 3 | tablespoons | Unsweet cocoa powder |
| 2¼ | cup | All purp flour |
| ½ | cup | Unsweet cocoa powder |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ¾ | cup | Strong cold coffee |
| 3 | tablespoons | Frangelico |
| 2 | tablespoons | Up to 3 T hot coffee |
Directions
CAKE
FROSTING
Grease and flour two 9" cake pans. Preheat oven to 350 deg. Separate eggs. Beat egg whites until frothy; then beat in sugar until stiff peaks form. Set aside. Cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy.
Beat in yolks one at a time. Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda tog. Add to creamed mixture alternately with coffee and Frangelico; blend well. Fold egg whites into batter. Pour into prepared pans. Bake 30-35 min. or until done. Cool 10 min. Invert on wire racks and remove pans. Cool before frosting. FROSTING: Cream butter with sugar.
Add everything else. and beat until smooth.