City School Red Devil's Food Cake
Yield
1 cakePrep
20 minCook
35 minReady
60 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
beaten |
|
| ¼ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
coffee
hot, or hot water |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
food coloring
red, opt. |
*
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 ¾ | cups |
cake flour
plus |
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
cake flour
|
|
| 1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
beaten |
|
| 59 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 59 | ml |
coffee
hot, or hot water |
|
| 5 | ml |
food coloring
red, opt. |
*
|
| 5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 414 | ml |
cake flour
plus |
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
cake flour
|
|
| 237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
Directions
Beat shortening and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs.
Mix cocoa into coffee or water and then stir in red food coloring.
Beat into creamed mixture. Sift together salt, baking soda and cake flower.
Add sifted dry ingredients to creamed mixture, alternating with buttermilk.
Add vanilla. Turn into greased 13x9-inch pan and bake at 350℉ (180℃) until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 35 minutes.
Frost with favorite frosting, if wished.
