Cinnamon-Mocha Snack Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup canola oil
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 cups hot strong coffee
• 1/2 cup icing sugar (confectioners sugar)

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350F; have ready an ungreased 13x9 pan.

2. 2

   In a large mixing bowl, place white sugar, eggs, vanilla and oil; with an electric mixer on high speed, beat ingredients together for four minutes.

3. 3

   In a medium-sized bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon (if you sift this through a sieve, it will eliminate any lumps in the cocoa).

4. 4

   Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, alternating with coffee (start and finish with dry ingredients).

5. 5

   When the wet ingredients, dry ingredients and coffee have been mixed together, pour batter into pan and bake in preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.

6. 6

   Cool, in pan, on a rack.

7. 7

   When top of cake is cool, sift icing sugar over top.