Annie's Cooking Club

¾ cup coffee

½ cocoa

1 ¾ cup flour

1 ¾ cup sugar

1 ½ tsp. Baking soda

½ tsp. Salt

8 large eggs, separated

½ cup oil

2 tsp. Vanilla

Sir together coffee and cocoa. Set aside

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt in a large mixing bowl.  Add coffee mixture, egg yolks, oil, vanilla.  Beat with hand mixer on medium until smooth.

Beat egg whites at high speed with mixer until foamy.  Fold into batter. 

Pour batter into greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans. 

Bake on 325 for 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 

Cool layers on racks for 10 minutes, remove from pans, continue cooling, before icing, until completely cooled