Devils Food Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 t. salt
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2-3 cup shortening
• 1% cups sugar
• 3 well beaten eggs
• 1 t. vanilla

Method

1. 1

   Grease 2 deep 9-inch layer cake pans.

2. 2

   Heat to boiling point 0.5 cup milk diluted with 0.25 cup water.

3. 3

   Remove from heat and stir slowly into this mixture 0.5 cup cocoa.

4. 4

   Mix until smooth.

5. 5

   Let stand while preparing the cake batter.

6. 6

   Sift before measuring: 2 cups flour; resift with 1 t. salt.

7. 7

   Mix thoroughly with this 0.33 cup shortening and 1.5 t. soda.

8. 8

   Add gradually 1.5 cups sugar.

9. 9

   Beat in thoroughly 3 well beaten eggs and 1 t. vanilla.

10. 10

    Add flour mixture alternately with cocoa mixture, beating until smooth after each addition.

11. 11

    Begin and end with flour mixture.

12. 12

    Put in prepared pans.

13. 13

    Bake about 30 minutes or until cake shrinks from sides of pans.

14. 14

    When cool cover top with penny-saving frosting.

Nutrition per serving

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 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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