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Directions:1. Preheat oven 350º. Prepare two 9" cake pans by spraying with baking spray or buttering and lightly flouring.
2. For the Cake:
3. Add flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and espresso powder to a large bowl. Whisk through to combine until well blended.
4. Add milk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla to flour mixture and mix together on medium speed until well combined. Reduce speed and carefully add boiling water to the cake batter. Beat on high speed for about 1 minute to add air to the batter.
5. Divide batter evenly between cake pans. Bake for 30 - 335 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean.
6. Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely.
7. Frost cake when completely cool.
8 For the Frosting:
9. Add cocoa to a large bowl. Whisk through to remove any lumps.
10.Cream together butter and cocoa powder.
11.Add sugar and milk to cocoa mixture by adding 1 cup of sugar followed by about a tablespoon of milk. After each addition has been combined, turn mixer on high speed for about a minute. Repeat until all sugar and milk have been added.
12.Add vanilla extract and espresso powder and combine well.
13. If frosting appears too dry, add more milk, a tablespoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency. If it appears to wet and does not hold its form, add more confectioner's sugar, a tablespoon at a time until it reaches the right consistency.
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