Devil's Food Cake
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 83. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- In a bowl combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add milk, shortening, and vanilla. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed till combined. Beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs and beat 2 minutes more.
- Pour into 2 greased and floured 9x1 1/2-inch round baking pans. Bake in a 350° oven for 30 to 35 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clean. Cool on racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool on racks.
- Sour Cream Devil's Food Cake: Prepare as above, except reduce milk to 1 1/4 cups and add 1/2 cup dairy sour cream with the milk.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "Devil's Food Cake with Coffee Buttercream" by kimberlykv; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/); source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/87542849@N00/2240731933. Cropped/resized.
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