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Mocha cake with milk chocolate buttercream

Moist mocha cake layers , filled and frosted with a milk chocolate frosting!
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Ingredients
  

For The Cake

  • 310 grams or 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 300 grams or 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 45 grams or 1/2 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 eggs at room temperature
  • 225 grams or 1 cup butter melted and cooled
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup curd or yoghurt at room temperature
  • 240 ml or 1 cup very hot coffee one tsp instant coffee powder dissolved in it

For The Milk Chocolate Frosting

  • 250 grams milk chocolate
  • 200 ml or 1 cup cream
  • 112 grams or 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 200 grams or 2 cups icing sugar sifted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

For The Soaking Syrup

  • 100 grams or 1/2 cup sugar
  • 120 ml or 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tsp instant coffee powder

Instructions
 

For the cake

  • Preheat your oven to 180 C / 350 F. Butter and flour two 7 inch round pans well . Line the bottoms with parchment (optional).
  • Whisk together the dry ingredients - the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt , cocoa powder and sugar very well in a large bowl.
  • Mix in the eggs , melted butter , yoghurt , hot coffee and vanilla extract. Whisk until smooth.
  • Divide batter among two pans an bake for 32-38 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  • Cool in pans for 5 minutes , remove and cool completely on wire rack.

To make the Milk Chocolate Frosting

  • In a double boiler / microwave , heat the cream and chopped milk chocolate together until melted and smooth.
  • Cool to room temperature.In another bowl, beat the butter until light and smooth.
  • Add one cup sifted icing sugar , a few tablespoons at a time , beating well after each addition. Scrape the bowl as needed.
  • Add the remaining sifted icing sugar , the vanilla and the cooled chocolate-cream mixture .
  • Beat until desired consistency is achieved.

For The Soaking Syrup

  • Heat together the water, sugar and coffee in a saucepan until sugar and coffee dissolves.
  • Simmer for couple of minutes .
  • Take off heat and cool.

For The Assembly

  • Slice each cooled cake into two horizontally.
  • Place one cake slice on a cake board/ serving plate , brush generously with soaking syrup on top and sides .
  • Spread about quarter cup of the frosting on top.
  • Place the next cake slice on top and repeat.Place the last layer on top , spread the icing on top and sides and frost as desired!

Notes

This cake lasts for 3-4 days.
The frosting makes just enough to fill and cover the cake , you might need one and half times the recipe if you want to do some piping.