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