Devil's Food Cake

Submitted by Julia Eileen

"This recipe was taken from a cook book called Croton Centenial Cook Book. This was a cook book that my great grandma owned"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 6-12

ingredients

• 1 cup white sugar
• 1⁄4 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 1⁄4 cup sour milk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup boiling water

directions

1. Cream sugar, shortening; add egg and sour milk with soda dissolved in it; add flour and cocoa and salt, then add boiling water and the vanilla, mixture will be thick before adding the water last, makes a square cake or double the ingredients for a layer cake.
2. Bake at 350 degrees till soft to touch.