Mocha Birthday Cakes

Occasion:
Christmas/ Grandmother's Birthday (Late 90s, or early 2000s)

Theme:
Mocha

Flavor:
Chocolate mocha cake, mocha filling, mocha frosting, chocolate accents

Cake details:
Two, 2 layer, 8 or 9 inch rounds. The mocha cake was made with a blend of cocoa powder and instant coffee granules. I prefer to use Taster's Choice in my cakes, especially because you can get it in the individual packets. If instant coffee is not a product that you often use I would highly recommend something packaged this way. That way you can reserve the unused portion for later without the flavor changing from it having been opened. These cakes were made following Finnish tradition where an item (usually a bean) is baked into the cake. The person who find it gets a second slice! In this case a coffee bean was used.

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