Milk Chocolate cake with Mocha cream cheese frosting

Felt like a cake day. Cookies are time consuming and truth be told, I am not a big chocolate cookie fan unless it's that time of the month or I'm in the mood. Chocolate cake? That's another story.

This recipe came from my Woman's Home Companion cookbook. The cake recipe calls for cake flour as do all the recipes in the cake section, however, I never buy cake flour. I substitute one scant cup (approx. 7/8 c.) of all purpose for the cake flour and have had fine results. Why change something if it's not broken, right?!

The appearance of the cake when it comes out of the oven looks much like a macaroon or a chocolate crinkle cookie (less the powdered sugar).

Milk Chocolate Cake

8 oz. semisweet chocolate, melted & cooled

2 c. cake flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt

2/3 c. shortening
1 1/4 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

1 c. milk




Mocha Cream Cheese Frosting

3 oz. cream cheese, softened
4 Tbsp. strong coffee
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
pinch of salt
approx. 2 1/2 c. confectioners sugar


Results: The cake was just OK. The frosting? To die for.