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Ina Garten Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting Recipe

Ina Garten Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting Recipe

Emily Grace
The Ina Garten Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting Recipe is rich, soft and very chocolatey. It feels like bakery cake but is simple to make at home. The mocha frosting adds smooth coffee flavor that pairs so well with chocolate.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 10
Calories 480 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the cake

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup hot coffee or hot water

For mocha frosting

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tablespoons strong brewed coffee cooled
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 –3 tablespoons milk if needed for texture

Instructions
 

Prepare the pans and oven

  • Preheat oven to three hundred fifty degrees. Grease cake pans and line bottoms with parchment for easy removal.

Mix dry ingredients

  • In large bowl whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt together until smooth with no lumps.

Mix wet ingredients

  • In another bowl beat eggs, milk, oil and vanilla together until fully blended and light with tiny bubbles forming.

Combine wet and dry

  • Pour wet mixture into dry bowl slowly. Stir gently until smooth batter forms without overmixing which makes cake dense.

Add hot liquid

  • Add hot coffee or hot water carefully. It deepens chocolate flavor and helps make cake very moist and tender.

Fill pans and bake

  • Divide batter evenly into pans. Bake around thirty minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool the cake layers

  • Let cakes cool in pans first. Then move to racks because warm cakes can break and melt frosting easily.

Make mocha frosting

  • Beat butter until fluffy. Add cocoa, powdered sugar, coffee, vanilla and milk slowly. Beat until creamy and smooth.

Frost the cake

  • Place first cake layer on plate. Spread frosting on top. Add second layer and cover whole cake with remaining frosting.

Let frosting set

  • Rest cake for some minutes. This helps frosting firm slightly before slicing and serving beautiful neat slices to guests.

Notes

  • Use room temperature eggs and milk
  • Measure ingredients carefully
  • Do not overbake the cake
  • Always line pans with parchment
  • Cool cake completely before frosting
  • Use fresh coffee for better mocha flavor
  • Sift cocoa powder to avoid lumps
Keyword Ina Garten Chocolate Cake with Mocha Frosting Recipe