Coffee Layer Cake Recipe
Ingredients
1 cup honey
1 cup butter, softened
3 eggs, separated
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup strong coffee or coffee substitute
2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour (pastry flour works best)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup buttermilk
3 egg whites
Cream Cheese Frosting
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
2. Line three 9-inch layer pans with wax paper and oil the sides and bottoms.
3. Beat together the honey, butter, egg yolks, and vanilla. Add the coffee. Sift together the whole wheat flour, baking soda, and salt and stir in alternately with the buttermilk.
4. Beat the 6 egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into the cake batter. Divide among the three pans and bake for 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool on wire racks.
2. Line three 9-inch layer pans with wax paper and oil the sides and bottoms.
3. Beat together the honey, butter, egg yolks, and vanilla. Add the coffee. Sift together the whole wheat flour, baking soda, and salt and stir in alternately with the buttermilk.
4. Beat the 6 egg whites until stiff but not dry and fold into the cake batter. Divide among the three pans and bake for 30 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool on wire racks.
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