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Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
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Grease and flour pans (2-9" rounds or 1-9x13); set aside.
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Combine all the dry goods and sift, set aside
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Beat sugar and butter together in a mixer.
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Add one egg at at time to the mixer; stop and scrape down the sides
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Add the vanilla to the mixture.
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Slowly incorporate all the dry goods to the batter.
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Stop occasionally and scrape down the sides.
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Once all the dry goods have been add, the batter will be thick, slowly add the milk and then the coffee.
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Scrape the sides.
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Pour evenly into two rounds (or all into one pan)
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Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean (Bake 5 minutes longer for 9x13 pan)
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Once cooked, remove from oven and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes in the pans.
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Remove from pan and allow to continue to cool on a wire rack.
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Once the cake has fully cooled, frost at will.