1870 Mahogany Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x12-inch baking pan.
• Stir buttermilk and baking soda together in a bowl until dissolved and foaming.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Beat the first egg into butter mixture until completely blended; beat in the second egg until incorporated.
• Whisk flour and cocoa powder together in a bowl. Beat flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk mixture, into creamed butter mixture using an electric mixer until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool cake for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.
• Place the sugar and butter in a mixing bowl, and beat until light colored and smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir the coffee and cocoa into the egg mixture until well blended. Measure the buttermilk, and remove 1 tablespoon, placing it in a separate small bowl, and set aside. Stir the remaining buttermilk into the egg mixture, beating until smooth.
• Stir the baking soda into 1 tablespoon buttermilk until smooth, and mix into the egg mixture. Stir in the flour, beating until smooth. Pour the batter evenly into the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick or small knife inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven, and cool in the pans about 15 minutes before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the frosting, beat 1 cup butter until smooth and creamy. Gradually sift in the confectioners' sugar, and beat until smooth. Stir in the coffee, cocoa, and vanilla until well blended.
• Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Spread top with about 1/5 frosting. Place the second layer on top of the first, and frost. Repeat with the third layer. Use remaining frosting to frost top and sides.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Grease two 9-inch layer pans and line the bottoms with wax or parchment paper. Grease again.
• To prepare cake, heat 1/2 cup of the milk with the cocoa powder in a small pan, stirring until mixture thickens. Cool.
• Cream the butter and sugar together very well. Beat in the egg yolks, one at a time. Beat in the cooled cocoa mixture.
• Stir in the vanilla, flour, remaining milk, dissolved baking soda and nuts. Beat the egg whites until stiff and fold together. Spoon into prepared layer pans and bake about 25 minutes, or until done. Cool on a rack.
• To prepare frosting, place the sugar and water in a saucepan and heat, stirring, until sugar dissolves. Boil without stirring until sugar syrup reaches the soft ball stage or 238°F degrees on a candy thermometer.
• Add the salt to the egg whites and beat into the hot sugar in a steady stream. Beat in the corn syrup and cream of tartar. Beat in the vanilla and continue beating until mixture is spreading consistency. Use to fill and frost the layers. Yield: 6 to 8 servings.
• The New York Times Heritage Cookbook.

Steps:

• For cake, combine butter, sugar, chocolate, and boiling water in a large mixing bowl; beat well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Dissolve soda in buttermilk; set aside.
• Combine flour and baking powder; add to chocolate mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix well after each addition.
• Stir in the vanilla.
• Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove the layers from pans, and let cool completely.
• For the filling, combine all ingredients in a small saucepan; cook over medium heat until mixture reaches soft ball stage (240 degrees).
• Remove from heat, and beat until spreading consistency.
• For the frosting, combine all ingredients, beating until smooth.
• Spread the filling between layers, spread top and sides of the cooled cake with the sour cream chocolate frosting.

Steps:

• Cook cocoa and 1/2 cup milk together until smooth and thick; cool and set aside.
• Cream shortening and add sugar slowly, beating well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with 3/4 cup milk to creamed mixture.
• Add chocolate mixture and mix well.
• Bake in two greased 9 inch pans at 350* for about 20 minutes.
• Frost and fill as desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven at 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Sift together salt, flour and cocoa.
• Cream together butter, both sugars, and eggs. (See Note* ).
• Add optional instant coffee granules for a mocha pound cake!
• Add vanilla.
• Combine sour cream and baking soda.
• Combine creamed mixture with dry ingredients and alternate with sour cream mixture.
• *Note: For a lighter, even more tender cake, separate the eggs; cream in the yolks with the butter and sugars; fold the stiffly beaten whites into the batter after the sour cream is added.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes. I cover the cake with foil paper for the last 20 minutes of baking.