Hi all– I’m afraid this isn’t much of a recipe– more like just a tip about putting instant coffee into your cake mix & frosting to give it a rich mocha flavor. But I promise if you try this simple cake, you’ll have a hard time not licking your plate. It’s crazy delicious!
SIMPLE MOCHA CAKE
Cake:
1 dark chocolate cake mix
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 tsp. instant coffee (about 2 small packs)
Frosting:
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 tsp. instant coffee (about 2 small packs)
1/4 cup dark chocolate unsweetened cocoa
8 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp. vanilla
1 pound box powdered sugar (about 3 3/4 cups)
1-2 tab, water if needed
garnish: stemmed cherry!!
With an electric mixer beat together the cake mix according to the directions on the package–mine used 1 cup water, 1/3 cup oil and 3 eggs. Them mix in the 2 tsp. instant coffee.
Spoon the batter into two 8″ or 9″ cake pans that have been sprayed with cooking spray. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes until the cake is firm to the touch. Cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting, melt the butter in the microwave and then mix in the cocoa and instant coffee. Then with a mixer beat in the cream cheese vanilla and powdered sugar. Begin mixing on the lowest setting until the sugar has started in incorporate (or you will have sugar flying everywhere!). Up the speed of the mixer to blend thoroughly.
If the frosting seems too dry, add 1 or maybe 2 tablespoons of water (be careful it’s easy to add to much water and end up with running frosting!)
Frost the bottom layer. Add to top layer and frost away the top and sides. Add cherry and it ‘s done!
The Thankful Heart 
That cake is beautiful, moist and that frosting looks so good, going to have to try your recipe with the melted butter. Have a great weekend Rhonda.
Hey Suzanne– I know you make an awesome Chocolate cake!! I melt the butter to meld it with the chocolate– seems to make it taste chocolatier. Happy Saturday– I’m off to the Home Depot for impatience for the front flower bed… hugs hugs friend!
This looks amazing! I’m not a huge fan of chocolate, BUT I’d definitely eat this! Haha! 🙂
HI S.!! Fun to hear from you. We’re chocolate cake lovers here too– I make one every time my daughter comes home for the weekend. Hope all’s well with you. xo
Hi Rhonda! Yes, all is well thank you! That’s so awesome. If I was your daughter I would come home every other day for a new chocolate cake. Haha! I hope everything is great on your end. 🙂
I wish she would come so often!! But it’s a 7 hour drive– so we’re up and their down about once a month And agree– you can’t have too much chocolate cake! Hope you’re in the middle of a good week! xo
OMG Rhonda! That cake looks amazing. Love the tip about adding instant coffee. I wonder if a healthy oil like coconut or grapeseed oil would work? (You know my tendency to ask about healthy substitutes 🙂 ) Hope your weekend is going great. Love to you my friend xo
Hey Debbie– you’re right– you are always thinking how to make thing healthier!! I need you over my shoulder in the kitchen! Blessings friend. xo
Looks yummy!
Thanks Sadaf! Fun to hear from you! xo
It looks delicious Rhonda. I stopped drinking coffee but I do love a bit of coffee in my cake. X
Hi Brigid!! Are you a tea drinker?? I never learned to like coffee, but have a couple mugs of tea every day. Still thinking about your pavlova! hugs from here…
Rhonda I used to like a coffee but as time went on it made me quite anxious. So I stuck with a small amount of tea now. xx
Smart Brigid. Hope you are feeling well there and keeping busy with all your projects!! hugs hugs.
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You had me at chocolate! -Kat
me too Kat! xo
Looks delicious
Thanks! Liked your post on getting rid of clutter!
Why do your posts and pictures always leave me drooling? 😏
ha ha ha! It’s the chocolate. Your posts often make me wish I were out on a gorgeous hike in the woods!! take care…
OHHHH great idea! And look how perfectly you frosted that cake! How in the world do you do that?
I know. Don’t you love pretty frosting? Makes me want to dig in. Hope you all are well there– I’m doing a week on a jury an hour away– and have something going every night this week. So it’s a little crazy– but definitely interesting! xox
An hour away? Every day? Yikes! Travel safe and I hope it goes by quickly.
Thanks Lacey– it went well– really so interesting and the other jurors were such nice people. A good experience all around.
This looks so delicious! You definitely made me hungry now! I want chocolate! 🙂
love, elena
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Thanks Elena! I pretty much always want chocolate. take care…
I’m going to remember this tip, I love mocha!
Hope you like it Marcia…
Ooh waw, what a beauty & that i why, I made it! The whole family loved it too! Perfect with a café latte!
Hey Sophie!! Fun to hear from you. How are you doing??
I really want to try this cake… I wondered what do you mean by “packs” of coffee? Also, what kind of instant coffee do you use in this recipe? I’ve used coffee in cake recipes but I want to make sure this time I’m using the right one. 😊
Hi Daisy!! I buy instant coffee for baking– and it comes in little paper sleeves for one serving. Each one is about a teaspoon of instant coffee. I know you can get fancy expresso powder ($$) — so my little instant coffee is pretty basic– but works for me! Happy Baking!! xox
The photographs got me craving for a really yummy chocolaty cake right now! Drooling…
ha ha! thanks– fun to read through your posts…
You’re kind 🙂