Fruited Mocha Layer Cake

2 c Cake flour; sifted

3 tb Cocoa

2 1/4 ts Salt

1/2 c Butter or shortening

1 c Sugar

1 Egg; well beaten

3/4 c Coffee; strong

1 ts Vanilla

Filling and topping: 2 tb Confectioner`s sugar

1 c Whipped cream

1/2 c Dates or finely cut raisins

1/2 c Nut meats; broken

Sift flour once, measure, add cocoa, baking powder and salt and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy; then beat in egg. Add flour, alternately with coffee, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Add vanilla. Bake in two greased 9 inch layer pans in moderate oven, 375 deg. F., 30 minutes. Cool. Add confectioners` sugar to whipped cream, mixing until blended. Fold dates and nut meats into whipped cream. Spread between layers of cake. Sift confectioners` sugar over top of cake. Kate Smith Collection 1940 Published by General Foods Corp. -----