Mahogany Cake Recipe
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×12-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.