Black Magic Cake With Voodoo Frosting

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup hershey cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup strong black coffee (or 2 teaspoons instant coffee mixed with 1 cup boiling water)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk (1 cup regular milk with 1 tbsp. vinegar added) or 1 cup sour milk (1 cup regular milk with 1 tbsp. vinegar added)
• 1 cup chocolate fudge topping
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee
• 4 cups frozen non-dairy topping, thawed and divided (like cool-whip)

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 combine dry ingredients in a bowl.
• 3 add all the rest of the ingredients.
• 4 beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 5 batter will be thin.
• 6 pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.
• 7 bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 8 cool on rack until ready to frost.
• 9 frosting:.
• 10 prepare, bake and cool 2 9-inch round cake layers.
• 11 for layer filling, combine hot fudge and instant coffee granules in a medium sauce pan; heat until coffee crystals are dissolved.
• 12 cool for 15 minutes and then fold into fudge mixture 2 cups of the whipped topping.
• 13 refrigerate 30 minutes.
• 14 place first cake layer on a serving plate and spread with 1 cup filling.
• 15 top with second layer.
• 16 add remaining 2 cups whipped topping to the remaining fudge mixture and mix well.
• 17 frost top and sides of the cake with topping mixture.
• 18 keep cake refrigerated.
• 19 tip: garnish with chocolate curls, chocolate coated coffee beans or grated chocolate.