Old Fashioned Devil�s Food Cake
Source of Recipe
Jane and Michael Stern�s �Square Meals�
Recipe Introduction
Delicious, traditional devil�s food cake. Use your favorite frosting.
The Sterns are two of my favorite writers. I thoroughly enjoy their books and their website, roadfood.com. They have a wonderful, fun attitude towards food and cooking.
List of Ingredients
- 2 � c. cake flour
- � c. cocoa
- � t. baking soda
- 2 t. baking powder
- � t. salt
- 8 T. butter
- 2 t. vanilla extract
- 1 c. sugar
- 1 c. packed dark brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- � c. light cream
- 2/3 c. sour cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 3 8� cake pans.
- Sift flour, measure, and sift again with cocoa, soda, baking powder and salt.
- Cream butter; add vanilla and both sugars, beating well. Beat in eggs one at a time, until thoroughly mixed.
- While beating slowly, add half of dry ingredients. Add light cream. Add remaining dry ingredients, then sour cream. Mix thoroughly.
- Pour into prepared cake pans and bake 25 � 30 minutes, or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Do not open oven while baking.
- Cool in pans 5 minutes, then on rack. When completely cook, frost.
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