Mocha Cake With Chocolate Butter Creme

Ingredients

1 c pastry flour
1 ts baking powder
1/4 ts salt
2 egg yolk
1 c water
1 orange zest
3/4 c sugar
2 egg whites
1 tb orange juice
2 tb sugar
3 egg yolks
1 c sugar
1/2 ts cream of tartar
1/2 lb butter
1/2 lb vegetable shortening
1/2 lb sweet chocolate
2 tb instant coffee
2 tb dark rum
3 times
3/4 cup sugar
2 tbsp sugar
2 well-greased
8 aluminum cake pans

Instructions

juice and 2 tbsp. sugar to a boil. Saturate the cakes with juice mixture. Let cool and unmold. Use chocolate butter creme recipe to fill between the layers and frost. CHOCLOLATE BUTTER CREME: Beat egg yolks until pale and foamy. Put the water, sugar and cream of tartar in a saucepan; cook to a thick syrupy consistency. Remove from heat and stir in the instant coffee. Slowly pour the hot (not boiling) syrup over the egg yolks, beating constantly; continue beating until thick and lukewarm. Gradually beat in the butter and shortening and beat until mixture is completely smooth. Fold in the melted chocolate. Beat again.