Cake Ingredients:

• 200g Self Raising Flour
• 30g Melted Midnight Nectar Dark Hot Chocolate
• 4 Eggs
• 200g Unsalted Butter/Margarine (Stork)
• 200g Caster Sugar
• 5tbsp Strongly Brewed Awakening Elixir Coffee
• 1tsp Baking Powder
• 1tsp Vanilla Extract

Ganache Filling Ingredients:

• 75ml double cream
• 100g Midnight Nectar Dark Hot Chocolate
• 2tbsp Icing Sugar

Coffee Icing Ingredients:

• 150g Icing Sugar
• 25g Butter or Butter Spread (Clover)
• 2tbsp Coffee
• 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Cake Method:

• Brew a some Awakening Elixir coffee and let it cool

• Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius / Fan 160 degrees celsius/ Gas Mark 4/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit
• Grease and line two eight inch sandwich cake tins
• Melt 30g of Midnight Nectar hot chocolate 
• Cream together the butter/margarine and the caster sugar using an electric whisk
• Mix in the melted  Midnight Nectar hot chocolate, coffee and vanilla extract
• Mix in eggs one at a time in to the chocolate butter cream. Add one tablespoon of flour with each egg to prevent curdling 
• Once all the eggs are incorporated mix in the flour and baking powder until you have a smooth batter
• Add mixture evenly into the two baking tins and bake for 25 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean
• Leave to cool for 5 minutes in the tins and then place on a wire rack to cool completely

Ganache Filling Method

• Add the cream and icing sugar into a small sauce pan and put on a low heat
• Stir constantly and remove from heat when it starts to bubble
• Once removed from the heat add in 100g of Midnight Nectar dark hot chocolate and stir until it’s melted in 
• Set aside and let it cool 

Coffee Icing Method

• Using an electric whisk mix together 25g of butter/spread (I used clover) with 150g icing sugar
• Once incorporated mix in 2 tbsp of coffee and half a teaspoon of vanilla extract

Assemble the Mocha Cake

• Spread the chocolate ganache evenly on the base sandwich layer of the cake and then add the top layer
•  Spread the coffee icing on to the top of the cake and sprinkle a teaspoon of Midnight Nectar on to the top.