Devils Food Cake/1948 Version

Submitted by angelfan

"This is very moist, and takes on a bit of a red hue after cooling. You may use your favorite icing, the icing listed is my favorite, quick and tasty."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup cocoa
• 1⁄2 cup cold water
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2⁄3 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour
• 3⁄4 cup sour milk or 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Mix water, cocoa and baking soda, let stand while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
2. Cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs, add half the flour and half the milk beat well.
3. Add the cocoa mixture and remaining flour and milk and vanilla.
4. Bake in two greased and floured cake pans, at 350°F for 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
5. Frost with icing:2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 to 3/4 cup milnot.
6. Beat milnot canned milk into powdered sugar a little at a time until spreadable; add vanilla.

Reviews

[monique.j.jimenez]

I use 1/2 c. cold, STRONG, coffee instead of water, and instead of 1/2 c. cocoa I add 3/4 c. If you don't have buttermilk you can sub with 3/4 c. milk plus 2 t. lemon juice or vinegar that sits for 10 minutes before using. Make this with Sprinkles Vanilla Buttercream frosting and it is perfect for a birthday.

 

[darthlaurie]

I followed the recipe exactly and the cake was a bit dry. It might be an altitude issue. I'll definitely try again because it was tasty. I love the icing. I've never used evaporated milk for the liquid in an icing.

 

[a_happy_goddess]

Wonderful cake, perfectly moist! Thanks for posting, it was exactly what I was looking for.

 

[barefootmommawv]

This is a very good cake. I put peanut butter icing on it. Thank you for the recipe.

 

[Calee]

I made cupcakes from this recipe, turned out to be very nice moist rich tasting cake! I used buttermilk. This recipe made 14 nice sized cupcakes. I prepared them with recipe#22376, slicing the cupcake into two parts and adding a bit more icing in the middle as well. Thanks for sharing this recipe its one I will turn to when I want to make a cake as well.