Classic Mahogany Sour Cream Cake Recipes

GRANNY'S MAHOGANY CAKE AND FROSTING

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.

THE BEST MAHOGANY CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE FROSTING

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.

SUPER SOUR CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, whole eggs, and 2 packages drink mix with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes.
• Pierce top of warm cake every 1/2 inch with long-tined fork, wiping fork occasionally to reduce sticking. Drizzle 1/2 cup lemonade concentrate evenly over top of cake. Cool completely, 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.
• In medium bowl, stir 1 package drink mix into 2 tablespoons lemonade concentrate until dissolved. Beat in powdered sugar and butter on low speed. Gradually beat in enough of the remaining 2 to 3 tablespoons lemonade concentrate, 1 teaspoon at a time, to make frosting smooth and spreadable. Spread frosting over top of cake. Cut into serving pieces. Decorate with sour candies. Store loosely covered.

SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and vanilla. Beat on low just until blended. Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. , Bake at 325° for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar if desired.

MAHOGANY CAKE

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.

SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add sour cream and eggs.
• Add flour and pinch of soda, mix well. Pour into a 8x4 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.