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Devil's Food:::Gwhp32A

Devil's Food:::Gwhp32A is built on Unsweetened Chocolate, Sugar, Buttermilk Or Sour Milk, Cake Flour Sifted, and Baking Powder. Scale it up or down for the number of people at the table.

Illustrative photo

Ingredients

• 4 oz
• 1 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 1/2 cup
• 1 1/2 tsp
• 3/4 tsp
• 1/2 tsp
• 1/2 cup
• 3/4 cup
• 1 cup
• 1/2 cup

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Melt chocolate over boiling water; add 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butterrmilk and stir over boiling water until sugar is dissolved.

2. 2

   Cool.

3. 3

   Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, soda, and salt and sift together three times.

4. 4

   Cream butter thoroughly add 3/4 cup sugar gradually, and cream together until light and fluffy.

5. 5

   Add eggs and beat well.

6. 6

   Add about 1/4 of flour mixture, mix thoroughly; add chocolate mixture and blend.

7. 7

   Add remaining flour, altenately with buttermilk, a small Amount at a time; beat very thoroughly after each addition.

8. 8

   Add vanilla.

9. 9

   When cold, trim edges, cut in half crosswise, and put together as a two-layer cake, matching edges carefully.

10. 10

    Spread tops and sides with Martha

11. 11

    Washington’s Fudge Frosting (See recipe).

12. 12

    Or add chopped nut meats to part of frosting and use as filling.