Blue Suede Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups cake flour
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 (1 ounce) bottles blue gel food coloring
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 position racks in oven so cake will bake in the middle of the oven.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 3 grease two 9-inch round cake pans, set aside.
• 4 place flour, cocoa, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a sifter.
• 5 sift into a bowl and repeat two more times.
• 6 whisk well to combine all dry ingredients and set aside.
• 7 in a separate bowl mix butter at medium speed until soft and creamy (about 60 seconds).
• 8 with the mixer running, slowly add the sugar, pausing to scrape down sides.
• 9 continue beating at medium speed until the mixture is very light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• 10 slowly drizzle in the eggs and beat well, stopping to scrape down the sides.
• 11 add the vanilla and food coloring and blend well.
• 12 you may wish to add a little red to give a more blueish versus green tone to your cake, depending on your brand of food color.
• 13 gel food color will not dilute your batter, but liquid food color will work fine too.
• 14 using the mixer on low speed, fold in about one-third of the flour mixture, then half of the the buttermilk, scraping down the sides of the bowl and folding just until the ingredients are incorporated.
• 15 in the same manner, fold in half of the remaining flour mixture, then the remaining buttermilk, and finally the remaining flour mixture.
• 16 divide batter evenly between the two pans.
• 17 smooth surfaces with rubber spatula.
• 18 bake until each cake layer springs back when lightly touched in the center with your fingertip and a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted (about 25-30 minutes).