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Devils Food Cake With Creamy Chocolate Frosting

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Date Added:	February 29, 2008
Calories:
Serves:	10
Prep. Time:	0:00
Category:	Cakes / Pies / Pastries, Desserts / Sweets

Ingredients:

3/4   cup           water
1     cup           unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4   cup           buttermilk
1 3/4 cups          all-purpose flour
3/4   teaspoon      baking powder
1/2   teaspoon      baking soda
1/2   teaspoon      salt
1 1/2 cups          golden brown sugar - (packed)
1/2   cup           mayonnaise
1     large         egg
1     large         egg white
1     teaspoon      vanilla extract
                    Creamy Chocolate Frosting

Directions: one line for each direction. When saved the lines will be numbered.

Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-inch-diameter pans with 1 3/4-inch-high sides. Dust with flour; discard excess. Bring 3/4 cup water to boil in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Whisk in cocoa to form paste. Cool slightly. Add buttermilk; whisk until blended.
Whisk flour and next 3 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and next 4 ingredients in large bowl until light, about 5 minutes. Beat in cocoa mixture. Add dry ingredients and beat just until blended. Divide batter between prepared pans.
Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on rack 10 minutes. Turn cakes out onto racks; cool.
Place 1 cake layer on platter. Spread about 2/3 cup Creamy Chocolate Frosting over. Top with second layer. Spread remaining frosting over entire cake. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome; let stand at room temperature.)
This recipe yields 10 to 12 servings.
Comments: At the turn of the century, folks were feeling devilish, no longer satisfied with angel food cake, the evangelical treat of the late 1800s. They wanted chocolate and plenty of it, and devil's food cake filled the bill.

Notes:
Recipe from the article "The 20th Century In Food: 1900s"

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Added On: February 29, 2008

* Bon App�tit, September 1999