Red Devil’s Food Cake

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sour milk
• 1 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 cups sifted flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 1/2 tsp. soda, sifted with flour
• 2 squares baking chocolate, melted
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/3 cup boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Cream together shortening and sugar, add melted chocolate and then egg yolks, beating well.

2. 2

   Add alternately milk and flour, then vanilla, and just before pouring in pans, add the boiling water, stirring quickly but mixing the batter thoroughly.

3. 3

   Bake in 350 degree oven in two 9-inch pans for about 25 minutes or until done.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Williamston cook book (1950) by N.C.). Christian Women's Fellowship Williamston Christian Church (Williamston, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

RED DEVIL’S FOOD CAKE Cream together: ¥%4 cup sour milk 1% cup shortening 2 cups sifted flour 1 cup sugar 1% tsp. soda, sifted with 2 squares baking chocolate, flour melted 1 tsp. vanilla 2 egg yolks 1/3 cup boiling water

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