mahogany cake

okay so i just made this cake for the first time with my mom last night. we made it a bundt cake but it would be delicious in any shape. make sure you have all the ingredients for this cake! a couple main ingredients you might not usually have on hand (buttermilk, brewed coffee, cocoa powder).

recipe
cake
2cups sugar
1cup butter, softened
5 eggs
1/4cup cold brewed coffee
2tbs. unsweetened cocoa powder
1cup buttermilk
1tsp. baking soda
21/2cups flour

icing
1cup butter, softened
16oz powdered sugar
1/4cup cold brewed coffee
1/4cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2tsp. vanilla

preheat oven to 350 degrees. grease and flour three 9'' round pans. mix the sugar and butter together. beat in the eggs one at a time. add the coffee and cocoa. then measure the buttermilk, remove one tbs. (to mix with the baking soda) and add the remaining buttermilk. stir in the baking soda and buttermilk mix. pour into the prepared pans and bake for about 30minutes. let set and cool. for the frosting beat the butter  and sugar then add the rest of the ingredients.

this recipe comes from allrecipes.com online (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/grannys-mahogany-cake-and-frosting/Detail.aspx). first off, if doing this cake in a bundt pan, it takes a good 45minutes to cook all the way through. second, make sure to let the cake cool COMPLETELY. we added the frosting too soon and within ten minutes the frosting was melting off the cake! but despite this, the cake was very yummy and reminded me and my mom of our texas sheet cake (... coming soon).