Coffee-Chocolate Layer Cake with Mocha-Mascarpone Frosting

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Gabrielle Kathleen

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subheading: cake:

2 cups cake flour

¾ cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder

1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

¾ teaspoon salt

¾ cup (1 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

2 cups (packed) golden brown sugar

3 large eggs

1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup buttermilk

4 teaspoons instant espresso powder dissolved in ¾ cup hot water

subheading: frosting:

⅓ cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tablespoon instant espresso powder

1 ½ cups chilled heavy whipping cream, divided

1 ⅓ cups sugar

2 8-ounce containers chilled mascarpone cheese

Bittersweet chocolate curls (optional)

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