This is a rich cake and very delicious. You will shun at the thought of mayonnaise in the cake, but it is the ingredient that helps make it nice and moist.

2 1/4	cups	all-purpose flour
1 1/2	teaspoons	baking soda
1/3	cup	instant coffee
1 1/3	cups	water
1 2/3	cups	white sugar
3		eggs
1	teaspoon	vanilla extract
1	cup	mayonnaise
3	(1 ounce) squares	unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
	FROSTING
4	(1 ounce) squares	unsweetened chocolate
1/2	cup	milk
2	tablespoons	instant coffee
1	cup	butter or margarine
3	cups	confectioners sugar
1		egg

• Grease and flour two 9 inch round pans, and line them with wax paper. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Sift flour with baking soda.
• In a large bowl, beat white sugar, 3 eggs, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Blend in mayonnaise and 3 squares melted chocolate. Dissolve 1/3 cup instant coffee in the water.
• Beat flour mixture alternately with coffee into the chocolate mixture, one-third at a time, with electric mixer on low speed. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake for 35 minutes, or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pans for 10 minutes. Remove, and cool completely on wire racks.
• Melt 4 squares chocolate with milk and 2 tablespoons instant coffee in a double boiler; blend until smooth. Cool.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, and beat with electric mixer on high speed for 1 minute. Add chocolate mixture to butter mixture, and blend frosting well.
• When layers have cooled, cut each horizontally to make 4 layers. Fill and frost the cake with the frosting.