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Devil’s Food Cake
This old-fashioned Devil’s Food Cake is dark, moist, and full of rich cocoa flavor, straight from a 1940s family cookbook. Topped with glossy 7-Minute Icing that whips up light and fluffy over a double boiler, it’s a true vintage showstopper. One bite and you’ll see why this timeless combo has been cherished at gatherings for generations.
Ingredients
Part 2
Instructions
- Step 1
Stir sugar and cocoa together.
- Step 2
Beat the egg separately and add to the mixture.
- Step 3
Pour in milk.
- Step 4
Cook over double boiler until smooth and thick (mine didn’t thicken too much).
- Step 5
Let it cool.
Part 2
- Step 6
Set oven to 375 degrees.
- Step 7
Cream the shortening and sugar together.
- Step 8
Beat eggs well and then add.
- Step 9
Beat entire mixture thoroughly.
- Step 10
Measure flour.
- Step 11
Sift flour.
- Step 12
Measure flour again.
- Step 13
Sift flour with baking soda and salt.
- Step 14
Alternate between the milk and the creamed shortening and sugar and add gradually.
- Step 15
Add vanilla followed by cooled cocoa mixture.
- Step 16
Thoroughly beat together.
- Step 17
Oil a layered cake pan or a 9×13 pan.
- Step 18
Pour mixture into chosen pan.
- Step 19
Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Step 20
Frost with seven-minute icing or another icing of your choice once the cake has cooled.
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