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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Belgian >> Dutch

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. CAKE: Cream the butter with the sugar until very light and fluffy. Add the eggs, beating well. | 2. Pour the water and liqueur over the chocolate in a sauce pan. Heat over medium heat to a thick syrup. Cool. Add to egg mixture. | 3. Sift the flour, soda, baking powder and salt together three times. Incorporate the flour and buttermilk into creamed mixture in thirds. Pour batter into two-9 inch /22cm greased and floured cake pans. | 4. Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 25-30 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before transferring cakes to cooling rack. Slice each cake lengthwise and fill with whipped whipping cream or your favourite buttercream or the Mocha filling. You will have 4 layers. Frost with Vandermint Coffee Frosting. | 5. FOR THE FILLING: Beat the butter with the confectioners’ sugar until light and fluffy and stir in the cocoa and coffee. Divide filling evenly between the 4 layers. | 6. VANDERMINT COFFEE FROSTING: In a double boiler cook the cream, sugar, chocolate and the coffee, which has been dissolved in the hot water. Add the butter and cook for 6 minutes. Remove from heat. Beat until frosting reaches a spreadable consistency. | 7. International Family Favorites Ron Kalenuik. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
butter	3/4	cup		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
brown sugar	1 7/8	cups		1567.5	404.6212	0.495	0.0
egg	3		beaten	214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
water	1/2	cup	boiling	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
mint chocolate liqueur	1/4	cup		-	-	-	-
chocolate	3	ounces	bittersweet	431.2035	51.3702	3.3169999999999997	29.0871
pastry flour	2 1/4	cups		-	-	-	-
baking soda	1 1/2	teaspoons		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
baking powder	3/4	teaspoon		1.8285	0.9556	0.0	0.0
salt	3/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
buttermilk	3/4	cup		-	-	-	-
butter	1	cup		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
confectioner ' sugar	4 1/2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
cocoa powder	2	tablespoons	unsweetened	24.624000000000002	6.2532	2.1168	1.4796
coffee	2	tablespoons	diluted diluted	18.8325	3.1256	0.6257	0.4374
cream	1/3	cup		264.0	5.32	2.904	27.744
sugar	1	cup	granulated	319.8	60.008	10.01	4.992
chocolate	1	ounce	bittersweet	431.2035	51.3702	3.3169999999999997	29.0871
mint chocolate liqueur	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
coffee	1/2	teaspoon		18.8325	3.1256	0.6257	0.4374
hot water	1	tablespoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.