Quick Mix Devil's Food Cake

Name: Quick Mix Devil's Food Cake
Total time: P1H
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: chocolate unsweetened; flour; baking powder; baking soda; salt; sugar; sugar; sour milk; vegetable shortening; vanilla extract; food coloring; sour milk; eggs

Submitted by Jacek

If you forgot to make dessert, try this simple recipe that will help you make a rich and scrumptious cake.

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

25 min

COOK

35 min

READY

60 min

Ingredients

OUNCES UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE
baking squares

CUPS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR
or 2 1/4 cups of cake flour

TEASPOON BAKING POWDER

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

TEASPOON SALT

CUPS SUGAR

CUPS SUGAR
brown, firmly packed

⅔

CUPS SOUR MILK
(1 tbls vinegar in 1 cup of milk. Let stand for 10 minutes or until thick)

CUP VEGETABLE SHORTENING *

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

TEASPOON FOOD COLORING
red *

⅓

CUP SOUR MILK
(as above. make a total of 1 cup sour milk)

LARGE EGGS

Directions

Melt the chocolate over low heat and set aside to cool. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar together into a large mixer bowl. Add the brown sugar, ⅔ cup of sour milk, shortening, vanilla, and red food coloring to the dry mixture. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl several times while beating. Add the cooled chocolate, ⅓ cup of sour milk and the eggs and continue to beat, at medium speed, for an additional 2 minutes, or until well blended. Scrape the sides of the bowl frequently. Pour into two 9 inch prepared round cake pans. (Prepare by greasing and flouring pans.) Bake in a preheated 375℉ (190℃) oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cake tests done. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and turn out on wire racks to finish cooling until cold. Frost.