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Devils Food Cake
From Atlanta women's club cook book, 1921
Serves 8
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 Atlanta women's club cook book (1921) by Atlanta woman's club, page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
DEVILS FOOD CAKE. 2 cups sugar. 3 eggs. 3 cups sifted flour. % cup grated chocolate. 1/2 cup Snowdrift. 1 t-spoon soda. 1 cup sour milk. 1 t-spoon baking powder. 1 cup hot water. lA t-spoon salt. Add sugar to Snowdrift, cream well, put in egg yolks, then chocolate dissolved in hot water, beat well. Dissolve soda in milk add to mixture, gradually sift in 2 cups of flour, beating well. Al- ternate last cup of flour and baking powder with well beaten egg whites. Add salt and favorite flavoring, bake in moderate oven, put together and ice with caramel. CARAMEL FILLING. 2 cups of brown sugar. 1 t-spoon vanilla. 2 cups white sugar. 2 tbls. butter. 11/2 cups milk. Pinch of salt. CAKES, COOKIES AND ICINGS 105 Cook sugar, milk and salt together, (stirring constantly) to soft ball degree when tested in cold water. Just before removing sauce pan from fire add vanilla and butter, beat until cool enough to spread. If mixture should happen to cook too long add a few drops of milk and beat until right consistency. Mrs. J. A. Carlisle, Cookbook Chairman. OLD FASHIONED POUND CAKE. 21/2 cups sugar. 4 cups sifted flour. 1 lb. butter. 10 eggs. 14 t-spoon baking powder. 1 t-spoon salt.
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