Devils Food Cake No. 8

Ingredients

• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 tablespoon soda
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 lbs. brown sugar
• 1 cup sweet milk
• Add cocoa to desired color

Method

1. 1

   Cream butter and sugar well.

2. 2

   Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well.

3. 3

   Add milk, dissolve soda in 4 tablespoons boiling water and add to the other ingredients.

4. 4

   Put the flour in slowly and beat well.

5. 5

   Add cocoa to desired color.

6. 6

   Bake in oven at 350 degrees.

7. 7

   Makes 4 large layers.

8. 8

   For filling, cook brown sugar and sweet milk over low flame until it forms a soft ball.

9. 9

   Add butter and vanilla, then beat until creamy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Gertrude Bobbitt Circle cook book (1948) by Central Methodist Church (Spencer, N.C.). Gertrude Bobbitt Circle, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE NO. 8 2 cups white sugar 3 cups flour 1 cup butter 1 tablespoon soda 4 eggs 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup buttermilk Cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs, one at a time and beat well. Add milk, dissolve soda in 4 tablespoons boiling water and add to the other ingredients. Put the flour in slowly and beat well. Add cocoa to desired color. Add flavoring. Bake in oven 350 de- grees. Makes 4 large layers. — Filling — 2 lbs. brown sugar 1 cup sweet milk

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