Chocolate Chiffon Layer Cake with Peppermint Marscapone Cream Filling / Frosting

• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp instant coffee granukes
• 1 3/4 cup cake flour
• 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 2/3 tsp salt
• 8 large eggs, seperated, yolks in one bowl, whites in another large bowl
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 recipe Vanilla Marscapone frosting / Filling recipe, recipe attached in direction step #10
• 1 tsp pure peppermint extract

1. Preheat oven to 325.
2. Spray 4- 8 inch cake pans with bakers sprsy
3. Stir together boiling water, cocoa powder and coffee granules until dissoved, cool to room temperature
4. Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a bowl, set aside
5. Add egg yolks, oil and vanilla to flour mixture and whisk until smooth
6. Add cooled cocoa mixture and beat just until smooth
7. Beat egg whites and cream of tarter at high speed until it just forms stiff peaks
8. Fold egg whites into chocolate mixture in 3 additions until uniform in color
9. Evenly pour into prepared pans and bake about 15 to 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out just clean.
10. Cool in pans 5 minutes then remove from pans and cool on parchment paper on racks completely.
11. Be sure to use parchment as cakes may stick to wire racks while cooling without it.
12. ZPREPARE PEPPERMINT MARSCAPONE CREAM FILLING / FROSTING
13. Make Vanilla Marscapone Cream Filling / Frosting, recipe attached below, adding in pure peppermint extract c with vanilla extract
14. ASSEMBLE CAKE
15. Place one cake layer, bottom up on serving plate
16. Spread with some frosting
17. Add second layer of cake, bottom up and spread with frosting
18. Add third layer of cake, bottom up and frost
19. Add last forth cake layer, bottom side up and frost entire cake
20. Garnish with shaved Chocolate peppermint Andes Chocolates and red and green sparkle sugar
21. Refigerate at least 2 hours to set before sliceing e

boiling water, cocoa, coffee, cake flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, eggs, canola oil, vanilla, cream of tartar, vanilla marscapone frosting, peppermint

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/357441-chocolate-chiffon-layer-cake-with-peppermint-marscapone-cream-filling-frosting (may not work)