Devil's Food Cake Recipe
Ingredients
| Butter/Margarine | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Sugar | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Chocolate square | 3 , melted | |
| Eggs | 5 | |
| Buttermilk | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Flour | 2 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Salt | 1/2 Teaspoon | |
| Vanilla | 1 Teaspoon | |
| 1 teaspoonful soda dissolved in 1 tablespoonful boiling water | ||
Directions
Cream the shortening and add sugar gradually while creaming.
Add melted chocolate and mix well.
Add egg-yolks and beat mixture thoroughly.
Sift flour with salt and add alternately with buttermilk.
Stir in the vanilla and dissolved soda.
Last fold in the stiffly beaten egg-whites.
Bake in three 9-inch greased and floured layer tins in a moderate oven of 375° F. for 20 min. or in a greased and floured loaf pan at a temperature of 350° F. for 1 hr.
Frost with All-Round or any other desired icing.
Add melted chocolate and mix well.
Add egg-yolks and beat mixture thoroughly.
Sift flour with salt and add alternately with buttermilk.
Stir in the vanilla and dissolved soda.
Last fold in the stiffly beaten egg-whites.
Bake in three 9-inch greased and floured layer tins in a moderate oven of 375° F. for 20 min. or in a greased and floured loaf pan at a temperature of 350° F. for 1 hr.
Frost with All-Round or any other desired icing.
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