Name: Gran's Famous Chocolate Marble Cake
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 2 cup all-purpose flour; 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoon instant Cappuccino powder (NOT coffee); 1 cup water (boiling); 4 (2-1/2 oz) jars baby prunes (pureed) or 1 cup prunes mixed with water to make 10 ounces of puree; 2 teaspoon vanilla; 4 large egg whites; 1 cup skim milk; FOR THE FROSTING:; 3 tablespoon instant Cappuccino powder (NOT coffee); 1/4 cup water (boiling); 1 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed; 3 large egg whites; 1 teaspoon cream of tartar; 1 teaspoon vanilla

Gran's Famous Chocolate Marble Cake

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Cooking Time30 min

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons instant Cappuccino powder (NOT coffee)
1 cup water (boiling)
4 (2-1/2 oz) jars baby prunes (pureed) or 1 cup prunes mixed with water to make 10 ounces of puree
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 large egg whites
1 cup skim milk
FOR THE FROSTING:
3 tablespoons instant Cappuccino powder (NOT coffee)
1/4 cup water (boiling)
1 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
3 large egg whites
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Preheat oven 350 degrees F. Spray 2 cake pans with PAM and dust with flour; set aside.
Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.
Steep the cappuccino powder in the boiling water; set aside to cool.
Mix together the prunes, vanilla, egg whites and skim milk. Add to the dry ingredients and mix well. Divide between the pans.
Bake 30 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center of each cake comes out clean. Let cakes cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to loosen. Turn out onto wire racks to cool completely before frosting. Split each layer in two (to form a 4-layer cake).
Prepare the frosting: Steep the cappuccino powder in the boiling water; set aside to cool a bit. Place the remaining ingredients into a large, heat-proof bowl and set it over a pan of boiling water (not touching the bowl). Using a hand-held electric mixer, beat the mixture until it forms soft peaks.
Frost between the layers of the cake, then the top and sides.