Chocolate Espresso Cake

Ingredients:
3oz fine quality semisweet chocolate
1 1/2 cups Hot brewed coffee or espresso
3 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch process)
2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/4 teaspoon Salt
3 large eggs
3/4 cups vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups well-shaken buttermilk
3/4 teaspoons Vanilla exract

Preheat oven to 300 degrees
butter pans, line bottoms with rounds of parchment paper, butter again and dust with cocoa powder

Finely chop Chocolate and combine in bowl with hot coffee. Let mixture stand stirring occasionally until the chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.

in a large bowl:
sift together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

in another large bowl:
(with electric mixer)
beat eggs until thinckened slightly and lemon colored (about 3 minutes)
slowly add: oil, buttermilk, vanilla and melted chocolate mixture to eggs
MIX WELL
Add sugar mixture and beat on medium speed until combined well

divide mixture evenly into cake pans

cook time: 1 hour - 1 hour and 10 minutes.