Chocolate Jimmy Cake

For the cake:

Grease and flour a 13×9 pan. Preheat oven to 350 F.

Sift flour, salt, and baking powder into a medium sized bowl and set aside. In a small bowl add vanilla into the cold coffee, set aside. In another medium sized bowl using an electric mixer, whip egg whites until firm but not dry, set aside.

In the bowl of your stand mixer using paddle attachment, cream butter. Slowly add powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.  Add egg yolks one at a time beating well after each addition. In thirds, alternate mixing the dry ingredients and the coffee mixture into the creamed mixture. Then fold in the egg whites.  Fold in the Jimmies and the nuts.  Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
 
Bake at 350 F for 40 to 45. Cool on a wire rack.

Frost the cooled cake with Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting. Sprinkle with more chocolate jimmies.
 
For the frosting:

In a medium sized bowl using an electric mixer, cream the butter and powdered sugar. Add the half-and-half and beat till smooth and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla.