Recipe Details

Summary

Name: Quick Mix Devil's Food Cake

Category: Cake

Ingredients and Directions

3 oz chocolate, baking squares

2 cup flour, or 2 1/4 cups of cake flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup sugar, brown, firmly packed

2/3 cup sour milk, (1 tbls vinegar in 1 cup of milk. Let stand for 10 minutes or until thick)

1/2 cup shortening

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon red food coloring

1/3 cup sour milk, (as above. make a total of 1 cup sour milk)

2 each eggs

Melt the chocolate over low heat and set aside to cool. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar together into a large mixer bowl. Add the brown sugar, 2/3 cup of sour milk, shortening, vanilla, and red food coloring to the dry mixture. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl several times while beating. Add the cooled chocolate, 1/3 cup of sour milk and the eggs and continue to beat, at medium speed, for an additional 2 minutes, or until well blended. Scrape the sides of the bowl frequently. Pour into two 9 inch prepared round cake pans. (Prepare by greasing and flouring pans.) Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cake tests done. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and turn out on wire racks to finish cooling until cold. Frost.