Webster Chocolate Coffee Cake

Ingredients

  • Icing:
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2 Tbsp warm water
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 cup cocoa
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup strong cold coffee
  • 6 tsp. cocoa
  • 6 tsp strong coffee
  • 1 stick butter
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 6 tsp heavy cream
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg yolk

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three 8-inch cake pans.

Cream sugar and butter together. Add water and mix well. Then add 4 well-beaten eggs and vanilla. Set aside.

Sift cocoa, flour. Add salt and baking soda.

Combine half of the cream mixture with half of the dry mixture. Add one cup strong cold coffee. Add the rest of the two mixtures and beat on low until well blended. Pour into cake pans. Bakefor 25 to 30 minutes.

Icing:
Mix all icing ingredients together and mix until creamy.