Recipe: Fudgy Chocolate Layer Cake with Mocha Frosting (1 layer sliced into 2)

FUDGY CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE
Baked in one (9-inch) pan and sliced in half for filling and frosting.

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/3 cups sugar
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs, lightly beaten
1/3 cup plus 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 1/4 cups water
1 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Mocha Frosting (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.

Sift dry ingredients into a large bowl; set aside.

Mix eggs, oil, water, vinegar, and vanilla in a small bowl. Add egg mixture to dry ingredients; beat lightly. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan. Invert cake onto a wire rack. Let cool.

Cut cake into 2 equal halves. Spread frosting over 1 half. Top with other cake half. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides.

MOCHA FROSTING

4 cups confectioner's sugar
5 tablespoons cocoa powder
7 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup hot coffee

Beat confectioner's sugar, cocoa powder, butter, vanilla, and coffee in a large bowl until smooth.

Makes 6 servings
Source: Easy Everyday Cooking magazine