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Red Devil's Food Cake

Red Devil's Food Cake — a community recipe on Potlikkr.

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup Shortening
• 1.5 cup Sugar
• 2.0 Eggs
• 4.0 tbsp Cocoa

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Method (preview)

1. 1

   Cream shortening, add sugar gradually; then cream until fluffy. Blend in eggs. Mix cocoa, red food coloring, and hot coffee together to form a smooth paste. Blend into the cream mixture immediately. Sift flour, salt and soda together and add to cream mix alternately with the buttermilk. Blend in the vanilla. Pour into a well greased and floured pan (see below) Bake in a 350: oven. 8" tube pan: 55-60 minutes 8" square pan: 70 minutes 2, 8" layer pans: 40-45 minutes

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