Chocolate Cake with Whipped Coconut Frosting

INGREDIENTS

Recipe for basic chocolate cake is from March issue of Food Magazine

Basic Chocolate Cake:

Makes two 9-inch round single cakes

Half the recipe for 1 layer

1 cup

unsweetened cocoa powder

1 1/2 cups

hot water

2 1/2 cups

flour

1 1/4 cups

sugar

1 1/2 tsp

baking powder

1 tsp

baking soda

1/4 tsp

salt

eggs (room temperature)

3/4 cup

vegetable oil

1/2 cup

sour cream

2 tsp

vanilla extract

Coconut Whipped Frosting:

This will frost both cakes so half the recipe if halving the cake recipe

1 cup

heavy whipping cream (cold)

1 cup

cream of coconut (crema de coco (cold, keep in the fridge until ready to use))

2 tbsp

white granulated sugar

1 cup

coconut flakes per cake