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    Red Devil's Food Cake/ Vanilla Frosting


    Source of Recipe


    BettyCrocker

    Recipe Introduction



    "A classic chocolate layer cake frosted with the smoothest vanilla frosting you’ve ever tasted. Who could resist?"
    Prep: 20 min
    Start To Finish: 2 hr 10 min


    Makes 16 servings


    1 2/3 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
    1 cup sugar
    1/2 cup packed brown sugar
    1/2 cup shortening
    1 1/2 cups buttermilk
    1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    2 eggs
    2 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
    Creamy Vanilla Frosting (See Below)


    1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease and flour 2 round pans, 8 or 9x1 1/2 inches, or rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches.
    2. Beat all ingredients except Creamy Vanilla Frosting with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pans.
    3. Bake rounds 30 to 35 minutes, rectangle 35 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
    4. Fill and frost round layers or frost top of rectangle with Creamy Vanilla Frosting.




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    Creamy Vanilla Frosting



    3 cups powdered sugar
    1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
    1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
    1 to 2 tablespoons milk

    1. Mix powdered sugar and butter in medium bowl with spoon or electric mixer on low speed. Stir in vanilla and enough of the milk until smooth and spreadable.



 

 

 


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