Mocha Brownies

This chocolate-coffee (cake-like) brownies are delicious! I topped them with a delicious vanilla-coffee flavored frosting.

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• Brownies

• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1  cup butter, melted
• 2  teaspoons instant coffee crystals
• 1⁄4 cup  hot tap water
• 3  eggs
• 2⁄3 cup flour
• 2⁄3 cup  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt

• Frosting

• 1  teaspoon instant coffee crystals
• 1  teaspoon  hot tap water
• 1 (16 ounce) can  vanilla frosting
•  chocolate sprinkles

Directions

1. Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking pan; set pan aside.
2. In a large bowl stir together, sugar, butter, and the coffee crystals, which you dissolve in the 1/4 cup of hot tap water.
3. Add eggs; beat with a spoon just until combined.
4. In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
5. Gradually stir flour mixture into egg mixture, then pour batter into prepared baking pan.
6. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.
7. Cool cake completely, before topping it with the frosting.
8. For frosting: Stir together 1 teaspoon of coffee crystals, and 1 teaspoon of hot tap water, until dissolved. Let cool for a few minutes before stirring into the vanilla frosting.
9. Spread frosting over the brownies; top with the chocolate sprinkles.
10. Refrigerate cake before serving.