Whisk in 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, coffee, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 … To make the icing, melt 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan or in the microwave. Mocha Coffee Cake starts with a delicious batter that includes cinnamon, cardamon and strong brewed coffee. The batter is layered with a scrumptious chocolate swirl and topped with an espresso crumb topping. This Mocha cake is a dense and moist coffee flavored cake with a decadent Kahlua Coffee Frosting.. Once I had tasted the cake batter, I knew this was going to be good. Once I pulled it out of the oven, it was hard to even wait 5 minutes for this thing to cool before I went in with my fork…..a few times. It was a decadent chocolate mocha cake, paired with a fluffy light espresso buttercream, topped with plenty of toasted almond slivers. If you would like to create a similar cake, Jodi from More Sweets, has a great rich chocolate mocha cake recipe which can be made into a layer cake. It reminded me of melted coffee ice cream.

Transfer melted butter to a mixing bowl.