- ½ cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup strong coffee
- 2 cups flour
- 3 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons mixed spices
Cream shortening and sugar until light; add well beaten yolks of eggs; add coffee slowly; add half of flour sifted with baking powder, salt and spices; mix and add well beaten whites of eggs; add remainder of flour and mix lightly. Pour into two large greased layer cake tins and bake in moderate oven 45 to 50 minutes. Spread between layers and cover top with
MOCHA ICING AND FILLING
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon cocoa
- 2 tablespoons strong coffee
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Cream butter and sugar; add cocoa, coffee and salt and stir until smooth. If too dry add more coffee.
ORANGE CREAM LAYER CAKE
- ⅓ cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1¾ cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 4 teaspoons Dr. Price's Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup sweetened flavored whipped cream
Cream shortening; add sugar gradually, beating well; add beaten egg, one half the milk, and mix well; add one half the flour, which has been sifted with salt and baking powder; add remainder of milk, then remainder of flour and flavoring; beat after each addition. Bake in two greased layer cake tins in moderate oven 15 to 20 minutes. Spread the whipped cream thickly between the layers. Cover top with