Chocolate Espresso Cake

Ingredients :

• 1 cup dry cocoa
• 2 cups espresso coffee
• 3 cups flour
• 2 tspn baking soda
• ½ tspn baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 eggs
• 2 sticks butter or margarine
• 2¼ cup sugar
• 1 tspn vanilla
• ¾ tspn almond extract

Preparation and Cooking Instructions :

1. Mix cocoa and coffee until smooth.
2. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients.
3. Beat together eggs, butter, sugar and extracts.
4. Add flour and coffee mixtures to the butter mixture alternately, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
5. Grease and flour the bottom of a 9" by 13" cake pan.
6. Bake at 325°F for 45 minutes to one hour, until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

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