---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02 Title: MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH COFFEE Categories: Cakes, Chocolate Yield: 12 servings 2 c All-purpose flour 1 ts Salt 1 ts Baking powder 2 ts Baking soda 3/4 c Unsweetened cocoa 2 c Sugar 1 c Vegetable oil 1 c Hot coffee 1 c Milk 2 Eggs 1 ts Vanilla extract -------------------------------FAVORITE ICING------------------------------- 1 c Milk 5 tb All-purpose flour 1/2 c Butter, softened 1/2 c Shortening 1 c Sugar 1 ts Vanilla extract Sift together dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add oil, coffee, and milk; mix at medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla; beat 2 more minutes. (Batter will be thin.) Pour into 2 greased and floured 9"x1 1/2" cake pans. Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes. Cool cakes 15 minutes before removing from pans. Cool on wire racks. Meanwhile, for icing, combine milk and flour in saucepan; cook until thick. Cover and refrigerate. In a mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add chilled milk/flour mixture and beat for 10 minutes. Frost cooled cake. -----