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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 ½ c. cake flour
  
• ½ c. cocoa
  
• ½ t. baking soda
  
• 2 t. baking powder
  
• ½ t. salt
  
• 8 T. butter
  
• 2 t. vanilla extract
  
• 1 c. sugar
  
• 1 c. packed dark brown sugar
  
• 3 eggs
  
• ½ c. light cream
  
• 2/3 c. sour cream
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 3 8” cake pans.
   
2. Sift flour, measure, and sift again with cocoa, soda, baking powder and salt.
   
   
   
3. Cream butter; add vanilla and both sugars, beating well. Beat in eggs one at a time, until thoroughly mixed.
   
4. While beating slowly, add half of dry ingredients. Add light cream. Add remaining dry ingredients, then sour cream. Mix thoroughly.
   
5. 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.
   
6. Cool in pans 5 minutes, then on rack. When completely cook, frost.