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- Course: Dessert
- Skill Level: Moderate
- Cost: Inexpensive
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Can be made ahead of time.
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Devil's Food Cake
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This recipe comes from Virginia Lo Biondo, my aunt Virginia’s sister-in-law. Mrs. Lo Biondo told me she got the recipe from a neighbor during World War II and that it was already an old recipe at the time. It’s her family’s favorite cake. Frost with a fluffy white icing or whipped ganache.
Yield : Makes two 9-inch round layers
Ingredients
- 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1 1/3 cups bleached all-purpose flour (spoon flour into dry-measure cup and level off)
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons (¾ stick) unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
- ¾ cup boiling water
- 1½ cups sugar
- 6 tablespoons sour cream or buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
Equipment:
- Two 9-inch round cake pans, buttered and bottoms lined with parchment or wax paper
Directions
1942 Devil’s Food Cake Layers
1. Position a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
2. Melt the chocolate in a large heatproof bowl set over hot, but not simmering, water. Let cool.
3. Stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a bowl, mixing well.
4. Add the butter to the chocolate, then pour in the boiling water and stir well to mix. Whisk in the sugar and sour cream. Stir in the flour mixture. Whisk in the eggs.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and smooth the tops.
6. Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes, or until the layers are well risen and firm to the touch; and a toothpick inserted emerges clean. Cool the layers in the pans on racks for 5 minutes, then unmold onto racks to finish cooling.
Notes
STORAGE: If you are going to use the layers the day you bake them, wrap in plastic and keep at room temperature. Double-wrap and freeze for longer storage.
© 2002 Nick Malgieri
Nutritional Information
Nutrients per serving
Nutritional information is based on 16 servings.
186 kcal
2 % daily value
0 % daily value
2 % daily value
74 mg
21 mg
3 g
19 g
1 g
29 g
38 mg
149 mg
5 g
8 g
8 % daily value
