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Devil's Food Cake - Country Living Holidays

Devil's Food Cake - Country Living Holidays is a cakes recipe made with Sugar, Salt, Vanilla, Unsweetened Cocoa, and Unsifted Cakeflour. Serves 12. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

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

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Confectioners' sugar and -unsweetened cocoa (opt.

2. 2

   Heat oven to 350'F. Generously grease and flour three 9-inch round cake pans.

3. 3

   In a large bowl with electric beater or mixer, beat butter, 3/4 C sugar, salt, and vanilla together until fluffy.

4. 4

   Combine cocoa, flour, and soda in a sifter.

5. 5

   Sift into bowl on top of butter mixture.

6. 6

   Add water and beat at low speed just until smooth.

7. 7

   With clean beaters in a medium bowl, beat egg whites until fluffy.

8. 8

   Gradually add remaining 3/4 C sugar. Continue beating until stiff peaks form. Fold, one-third at a time, into chocolate batter.

9. 9

   Divide batter evenly into prepared pans. Bake until centers spring back when touched-20 to 25 minutes.

10. 10

    Cool 5 minutes in pans. Turn out on cooling rack and cool completely.

11. 11

    Prepare cocoa frosting. Fill and assemble cake. Spread a thin smooth layer of frosting over cake. Refrigerate 1 hour.

12. 12

    Prepare chocolate glaze.

13. 13

    Place chilled cake on a cooling rack with a tray underneath it.

14. 14

    Spoon glaze onto top of cake.

15. 15

    Spread evenly allowing glaze to flow down sides.

16. 16

    Smooth sides.

17. 17

    Place cake, still on cooling rack with tray, in refrigerator until glaze is firm.

18. 18

    Decorate top with cocoa and confectioners' sugar checkerboard just before serving, if desired.

19. 19

    Place 1-inch strips of thin cardboard gently onto frosting 1-inch apart.

20. 20

    Sift unsweetened cocoa over top of cake to solidly fill spaces.

21. 21

    Carefully remove and clean strips.

22. 22

    Place gently in opposite direction.

23. 23

    Sift confectioners' sugar over cake.

24. 24

    Remove strips.

25. 25

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