chocolate cake with coffee frosting

kevin's birthday cake was a bakers chocolate one-bowl chocolate cake. it took, frankly, too damn long. in the future, i'll probably stick with the joy of cooking's "lightning cake" (or blitz-cake, as we call it).

ingredients (cake):

• 3/4 cup (1.5 sticks) butter
• 6 ounces (1 cup chips) semi-sweet chocolate
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cups water

ingredients (frosting):

• 1/3 cup skim milk
• 1/8 cup instant coffee
• 6 cups confectioner's sugar
• 3/4 cups (1.5 sticks) butter, softened

prep:

• grease & flour 2 8" circle or square cake pans
• preheat over to 350*

actual cooking:

• in a small, microwave safe bowl, nuke frosting milk for 1.5 minutes
• add coffee and stir until dissolved
• set aside
• in a large, microwave safe bowl nuke cake butter & chocolate for 2 minutes
• stir until melted & combined
• add sugar
• add eggs & vanilla
• add 1/2 cup flour, salt & baking soda
• add remaining flour & water (alternating)
• pour batter into cake pans
• bake for 35 minutes
• combine softened butter and confectioners sugar
• add coffee-milk by the tablespoon until desired consistency is reached