Cream Cheese Mocha Cake

[Afra]

Here's another recipe I know everyone will enjoy. I used to make this all the time for my family when I still lived with my mom and everyone enjoyed it.

The recipe is as follows:

1/2 cup strong, hot coffee
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
2 cups all-purpose flour
3 egg whites, beaten stiffly
2 batches Cream Cheese Frosting (recipe follows after cake recipe)

Gradually add coffee to cocoa, stirring constantly; let stand until cool.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks; beat until batter is thick. Add coffee and cocoa mixture.
Dissolve soda in cream. Add alternately to sugar mixture with flour; beat well after each addition. Fold in egg whites. Pour batter into 2 well-greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
Bake at 350 degrees in oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until done. Remove from pans; cool.

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Cream Cheese Frosting

3 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract
1/4 tablespoons almond extract
1 3/4 cups confectioner's sugar

Beat cream cheese, butter, vanilla extract, and almond extract until smooth. Gradually add sugar; beat until smooth and fluffy. Yields 1 cup.

Enjoy!

[Shimmer]

This sounds great. I was just thinking today, during an extremely thrilling class where we were discussing ethnopoetics and structuralism (yawn) about how interesting a Mexican mocha fudge cake would be. I have no idea what the recipe would be, other than to include Mexican chocolate and maybe extra cinnamon. Yum.

Hmm... I don't know why I said this in a reply, since it has almost nothing to do with what you said... wait... I used the word mocha too!!!

Shimmer

[Mezzaluna]

That sounds wonderful. Reminds me of a Mocha Velvet Cake my aunt used to make, a very dense, tender pound cake with a velvety crumb. Anyone have a recipe for that wonderful cake? She made it in a loaf pan.

[Svadhisthana]

Afra,
That sounds dee-lish! I may just make it this weekend for my family get together.

Svadhisthana