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DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE




Source of Recipe


Miami Herald: Cooks Corner


Recipe Introduction


I'm guessing that recipe is the one your grandmother made, or close. The buttermilk gives a full, rich tanginess.

I don't have a chocolate frosting recipe made with brown sugar, but you should try this one, contributed by Mary Blackwelder of Hollywood 15 years ago. It is the standard by which I now judge any chocolate frosting. It is decadently rich and creamy, and, for special occasions, worth ignoring the calories and cholesterol!




List of Ingredients





• ½ cup cocoa powder

• ½ cup boiling water

• 2/3 cup vegetable shortening

• 1 ¾ cups sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 2 eggs

• 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour

• ½ teaspoon salt

• 1 1/3 cup buttermilk

• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda





Recipe



Mix the cocoa powder with the boiling water to make a smooth paste. Set aside to cool. Beat shortening, sugar and vanilla well. Add the eggs and beat until creamy. In a separate bowl, stir the flour and salt together. Add the baking soda to the buttermilk. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk, then stir in the cocoa mixture.

Pour batter into greased and floured pans and bake at 325 degrees until cake tests done (9-by-13-inch, about 40 minutes; 2 9-inch pans, 35 to 40 minutes; 3 8-inch pans, 25 to 30 minutes). Makes 12 servings.




RICH FUDGE FROSTING

• 1 ½ cups sugar

• 1 cup heavy cream

• 6 squares unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped

• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, sliced

• 2 teaspoons vanilla

In a heavy medium-sized saucepan, combine the sugar and cream. Place over medium heat and bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes without stirring. Remove from heat and stir in the chocolate, butter and vanilla, and continue to stir until the butter and chocolate have melted. Pour into a bowl and cool to room temperature, stirring now and then. Refrigerate, stirring frequently, until thickened and of a spreading consistency. Frost cake before the frosting sets completely.