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This recipe is from an old cookbook, Coffee Makes it Delicious, by General Foods, 1981.

MOCHA PUDDING CAKE

1 tablespoon Maxwell House instant coffee
1 cup water*
1 package (2-layer size) yellow cake mix*
1 package (4-serving size) Jell-O instant pudding, chocolate flavor
4 eggs
1/4 cup oil

*Or use pudding-included cake mix and 3/4 cup water.

Dissolve instant coffee in water.  Combine remaining ingredients in large mixer bowl.  Add coffee and blend well; then beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 4 minutes.  Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube or fluted tube pan.  Bake at 350° for 50 to 55 minutes or until cake tester or wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean and cake begins to pull away from sides of pan.  Do not underbake.  Cool in pan about 15 minutes.  Remove from pan and finish cooling on rack.  Top with Coffee Glaze, if desired.

Coffee Glaze:  Dissolve 1 teaspoon Maxwell House instant coffee in 2 tablespoons milk.  Blend in 1-1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar, 1/4 teaspoon vanilla and dash of salt.  Makes about 1/2 cup.

Note:  For a thinner glaze, add additional milk, a few drops at a time.

 

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