Coffee-Spice Cake
3 cups unsifted flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
3/4 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp allspice
3 tbsp Instant coffee
1/4 cup boiling water
3/4 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups milk
Preheat oven to 375F. In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, cloves and allspice, set aside.
Dissolved Instant coffee in boiling water, set aside. In large bowl, combine butter and sugar; beat until creamy.
Beat in eggs and vanilla extract
Gradually add flour mixture alternately with milk and dissolve coffee.
Pour into 2 greased and floured 9" round layer cake pans
Bake at 375F Time 25 minutes
Cool, remove from pans.
Frost with Coffee Cream Frosting, Garnish top with almonds.
Coffee Cream Frosting
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup sifted confectioner’s sugar
2 tsp Instant Coffee
1/2 cup sliced blanched almonds toasted
In small bowl, combine heavy cream, confectioner’s sugar and instant coffee beat until thick.