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Devil's Food Cake No. 2

From The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book, 1921
Presented as published in 1921. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Devil's Food Cake. No. 2. 2 cupfuls brown or white sugar; y2 cup butter; Y2 cup lard; 2 eggs; 1 cup buttermilk; 3 cups flour; iy2 teaspoonfuls cinnamon; y2 teaspoon allspice; y2 cake of ground chocolate, with enough hot water to make y2 cup; y2 teaspoon soda. Mix all together and bake in four layers. Put together with cooked icing. MRS. ALVIN STRIEGLER. Devil's Food Cake. No. 3. y2 cup butter

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