Best Chocolate Mahogany Cake Recipes

THE BEST MAHOGANY CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE FROSTING

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Make and share this The Best Mahogany Cake With Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting recipe from Food.com.

Provided by AlainaF

Categories Dessert

Time 1h5m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 19

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine, softened
2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
7 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate, grated
1/2 cup boiling water
4 eggs
3/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons milk
2 teaspoons milk
1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, softened
3 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate squares, melted
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 8493.6, Fat 405.8, SaturatedFat 246.1, Cholesterol 1363.5, Sodium 3910.6, Carbohydrate 1220.4, Fiber 58, Sugar 837.7, Protein 111.7

CHOCOLATE MAHOGANY CAKE

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Categories Cake Chocolate Dessert Bake Quick & Easy Healthy

Yield 12 people

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

3/4 C. Crisco
2 1/4 C. sugar
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 C. cocoa
3/4 C. hot water
3/4 C. cold water
1 1/2 tsp. soda
little salt
2 1/2 C. flour, sifted
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Steps:

Cream Crisco, add sugar and beat eggs. Dissolve cocoa in hot water. Add small amount of flour before cocoa. Sift flour and add salt and soda. Beat in flour mixture. Add vanilla. Turn oven to 350 degrees Bake in 9 x 12 pan for 35-45 min. until toothpick comes out clean.