cappuccino cake with mocha frosting

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
• 1/4 cup instant cappuccino coffee powder
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 egg whites
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
• 1 cup hot water

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
• in a large bowl, combine cake mix and 1/4 cup cappuccino. pour in 1 1/4 cups water, 3 egg whites and 1 tablespoon oil. mix well, then pour batter into prepared pans.
• bake in preheated oven according to package directions until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. cool in pans for 10 minutes, then turn out wire racks and cool completely.
• to make the mocha frosting: in a large bowl, combine shortening with vanilla. blend in half of the confectioners' sugar. blend in 2 tablespoons milk. repeat with remaining confectioners' sugar and 2 tablespoons milk. mix in approximately half of the cocoa.
• dissolve the 1 tablespoon instant coffee into 1 cup of hot water. while still warm, pour two tablespoons of the coffee into the frosting mixture. mix in remaining cocoa. add coffee mixture, a tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is achieved. fill and frost cake.