Name: Granny's Mahogany Cake and Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: White sugar - 2 cups; Butter, softened - 1 cup; Eggs - 5; Cold brewed coffee - ¼ cup; Unsweetened cocoa powder - 2 tablespoons; Buttermilk - 1 cup; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Butter, softened - 1 cup; Confectioners' sugar, sifted - 1 (16 ounce) package; Cold brewed coffee - ¼ cup; Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¼ cup; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

Ingredients for - Granny's Mahogany Cake and Frosting

1. White sugar 2 cups

2. Butter, softened 1 cup

3. Eggs 5

4. Cold brewed coffee ¼ cup

5. Unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tablespoons

6. Buttermilk 1 cup

7. Baking soda 1 teaspoon

8. All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups

9. Butter, softened 1 cup

10. Confectioners' sugar, sifted 1 (16 ounce) package

11. Cold brewed coffee ¼ cup

12. Unsweetened cocoa powder ¼ cup

13. Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons

How to cook deliciously - Granny's Mahogany Cake and Frosting

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour three 9 inch round cake pans.

2 . Stage

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.

3 . Stage

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.

4 . Stage

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.

5 . Stage

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.

6 . Stage

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.