Excellent Devil's Food Cake
Devil's Food Cake recipe
Yield
36 servingsPrep
30 minCook
30 minReady
60 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup |
water
boiling |
|
| 3 | ounces |
chocolate
squares |
|
| 2 ¼ | cups |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
baking soda
|
|
| ¾ | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| ¾ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 1 ⅞ | cups |
brown sugar
|
*
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
well beaten |
|
| 1 ½ | teaspoons |
vanilla extract
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
sour milk
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | ml |
water
boiling |
|
| 86.7 | ml/g |
chocolate
squares |
|
| 532 | ml |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 7.5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 3.8 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 3.8 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 177 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 444 | ml |
brown sugar
|
*
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
well beaten |
|
| 7.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 177 | ml |
sour milk
|
Directions
Pour boiling water over chocolate; stir over low heat until smooth and thick; cool.
Sift flour, soda, baking powder and salt together.
Cream shortening with sugar until fluffy.
Add eggs and beat thoroughly.
Blend in chocolate and vanilla.
Add sifted dry ingredients and milk alternately in small amounts, beating well after each addition.
Pour into greased pans and bake in a 350℉ (180℃) oven for 30 minutes.
Makes 3 (8 inch) layers.
