Mocha Three Layer Cake

There are some things that were just meant to go together - milk and coffee, Oreos and milk, peanut butter and jelly, coffee and chocolate.  OK, so maybe that last one doesn't seem so obvious but in my world, they're a match made in heaven.  A dark chocolate cake infused with a rich coffee flavor is hard to beat.  This three layer cake is really delicious and even non coffee lovers really like this moist, tender cake.

I turned this particular cake into a birthday cake for a fourteen year old soccer player.  No matter how you decorate it, a mocha chocolate cake will not disappoint.
 
Mocha Three Layer Cake
1 cup butter                
3 cups brown sugar                  
4 eggs                 
3 teaspoons vanilla
¾ cup cocoa   
3 cups flour                  
3 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups brewed coffee
1 1/3 cups sour cream









Cream butter and sugar.






 
Add eggs, one at a time.  Stir in vanilla.

Add dry ingredients, alternating with sour cream and coffee.

Pour into 3 greased cake pans.

Bake 35 minutes at 350. 







Frost and decorate.  You could go for a triple chocolate threat and fill this cake with chocolate ganache and frost it with chocolate buttercream.  I filled my cake with a whipped cream filling and frosting it with swiss meringue buttercream. 

Ciao!



Mocha Three Layer Cake
1 cup butter                
3 cups brown sugar                  
4 eggs                 
3 teaspoons vanilla
¾ cup cocoa   
3 cups flour                  
3 teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ cups brewed coffee
1 1/3 cups sour cream

Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs, one at a time.  Stir in vanilla.  Add dry ingredients, alternating with sour cream and coffee.  Pour into 3 greased cake pans and bake 35 minutes at 350.