| The Easiest Chocolate Cake
| Yields: 18 servings |
"A chocolate cake with a coffee glaze on top." INGREDIENTS: | 1 1/2 cups white sugar 3 eggs 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder 1 1/2 ounces vanilla sugar 1 cup shortening 1 cup orange juice | 1 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups confectioners sugar 2 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee powder 5 teaspoons milk | DIRECTIONS: | 1. | Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch cake pan. | | 2. | Whip the sugar, eggs, baking powder, and the vanilla sugar. (To make Vanilla Sugar: Place one clean vanilla bean in a pint jar with 1 - 1 1/2 cups white sugar. Shake occasionally. After a few days, use the sugar and replenish as necessary.) Add the shortening and mix well. | | 3. | Stir in the flour, the cocoa powder, and the orange juice and mix until homogeneous. Pour batter into prepared pan. | | 4. | Bake cake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for about 40 minutes. Remove cake from oven and immediately spread coffee glaze over top. | | 5. | To Make Glaze: Five minutes before cake is done, mix together confectioners sugar, Nescafe powder, and milk. Use immediately to spread over hot cake. | |
