{"id":2224,"date":"2023-05-26T18:57:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2024-04-19T01:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T01:28:21","slug":"cherry-mocha-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/cherry-mocha-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry Mocha Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photo by Brooke Lark<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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From the kitchen of Renee Wilson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Cake<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Mix:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 c sugar<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 3\/4 c flour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3\/4 cocoa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 tsp baking soda<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 tsp baking powder<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 tsp salt<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 eggs<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 c buttermilk<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 c oil<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 tsp vanilla<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 c strong coffee, cooled<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beat until well combined, then 2 minutes on medium speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grease two 9″ pans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sprinkle with cocoa<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour batter into pans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bake @ 350, 25-30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cool in pan, on rack, 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove from pans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cool completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Split each, to make 4 layers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Filling<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

2 1\/2 c whole ricotta<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 c sugar<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 c mini chocolate chips<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gently stir in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 c maraschino cherries, well drained & chopped<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frosting<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

1\/3 c margarine OR butter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beat until fluffy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gradually add:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/4 c cocoa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 3\/4 c confectioner sugar<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 tsp vanilla<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/4 – 1\/3 c milk<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add milk as needed for desired consistency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assemble spreading 1\/3 of filling between each layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If desired, garnish with shredded chocolate or chocolate curls<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep refrigerated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Renee Wilson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,5,26],"tags":[55,412,56,481,53,106,62,475],"class_list":["post-2224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cakes","category-desserts","category-frosting","tag-cake","tag-cherry","tag-chocolate","tag-coffee","tag-mocha","tag-recipe","tag-renee-wilson","tag-ricotta"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familyrecipesandmore.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}