Adapted from: James Beard's American Cookery
Ingredients:
½ cup butter
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons cocoa
2 tablespoons water
2 ½ cups sifted cake flour
1 ½ tsps baking powder
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
(or stir 1 tablespoon vinegar into sweet milk and let stand 10 minutes)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vinegar
Preheat Oven 350 degrees:
Cream the butter, and cream in the sugar until very light. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the cinnamon and vanilla. Mix the cocoa and water and add to the creamed mixture. Sift the flour with the baking powder and add alternately with the milk. Blend, well. If using an electric mixer, turn to lowest speed when adding flour and buttermilk. Dissolve the soda in the vinegar and fold into the cake batter very carefully. Turn into two 9 inch greased and floured cake pans. Do not over flour the pans heavily.
Bake 35-30 minutes or until the cake springs back when pressed lightly in the center.
Let cool in pans on a rack for several minutes. Then loosen and turn out onto the rack to cool.
I filled the center with strawberry preserves and topped the cake with powdered sugar.
With Love,
Catherine
xo
reyah says
This is so mouth-watering!!!!
Rosita Vargas says
Una delicia de nunca acabar me encanta esta receta Catalina,abrazos hugs,hugs.
Alida says
Delicious Catherine!Brava!
Angie's Recipes says
It looks divine!
Rita says
I can just imagine the taste of the cinnamon with the chocolate; fantastic dessert.
Rita
Heather @girlichef.com says
As long as it tastes the same, I can just close my eyes and pretend it's red ;). Sounds delicious 😀
Elisabeth says
Hi Catherine-James Beard was certainly the "pioneer" of first famous chefs, along with Julia Child. So much to learn from both of the amazing chefs.
Love the recipe, and how the cake turned out so moist, light, and delicious, without the ooey-gooey frosting:DDD
What's Baking?? says
HI Catherine..thank you for finding me as you gave me an opportunity to visit yours. Love your blog..I shall drop in to see what goodies you have in store. Your red velvet looks moist and yummy even without the usual 'red'!
Allison says
I always feel the food coloring adds a little off taste. I would love to try a naked slice.
Elpiniki says
Beautiful cake! Looks delicious!