Total time – 30 mins

Author: divas can cook

Ingredients

•  2 cups cake flour or sifted all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup hot coffee
• 1 cup canola oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

WHITE FROSTING (enough for 2 layer cake)

• 4 cups confectioners suger
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325
2. In a large bowl whisk together dry ingredients.
3. Add coffee, oil and buttermilk and mix until combined.
4. Add eggs and vanilla and mix for another 2 minutes.
5. Pour batter into two greased and floured 9-inch round baking pans.
6. Bake for 30 minutes.
7. Let cool in pans until warm and then remove from pans and allow to cool completely on a cooling rack.
8. 8. While cakes are cooling prepare frosting by creaming butter with a mixer.
9. Slowly add in powdered sugar until mixture is thick, creamy and well combined.
10. Mix in heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract.
11. Frost cooled cakes.
12. Serve.

TIPS ~ Be sure to grease AND flour cake pans to prevent sticking.