Devils Food Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups pastry flour
• Yt. salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 squares unsweetened chocolate
• % cup sour milk
• 1% t. baking powder
• % cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 t. vanilla
• 2-3 cup boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Sift then measure flour.

2. 2

   Sift three times with baking powder and salt.

3. 3

   Cream butter until light and lemon colored.

4. 4

   Add sugar gradually, beating after each addition.

5. 5

   Slowly add the eggs which have been beaten.

6. 6

   Gradually add the melted and cooled chocolate.

7. 7

   Stir the vanilla into milk.

8. 8

   Alternately add the dry ingredients and the milk, beating until smooth after each addition.

9. 9

   Add boiling water and beat in well.

10. 10

    Turn into greased cake pan.

11. 11

    Bake in moderate oven until well done.

12. 12

    Frost with quick butterscotch icing.

13. 13

    Let cake stand 2 hours before cutting to allow the red color to develop.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wilkes County Home Demonstration Club cook book (1947) by N.C.) Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs (Wilkes County, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE 2 cups pastry flour Yt. salt 1 cup sugar 2 squares unsweetened chocolate % cup sour milk 1% t. baking powder % cup butter 2 eggs 1 t. vanilla 2-3 cup boiling water

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