INGREDIENTS
Chocolate Cassis Cake:
1 cup
unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process)
1 1/2 cups
brewed coffee
1/2 cup
Cassis
2 sticks
unsalted butter, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 cups
sugar
2 cups
all-purpose flour
1 1/4 tsp
baking soda
1/2 tsp
salt
2
large eggs
1 tsp
vanilla
Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream
10
egg whites
3 cups
sugar
2
lbs butter (8 sticks), cut into pieces
1 1/2 tbsp
pure vanilla extract