Quick mix devil's food cake

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Here is another \"oldie but goodie\" recipe that used to grace the
Counters of many a diner along the side of the road. Top this cake
With your favorite chocolate or other frosting.
3 eaches Squares Baking Chocolate (3 ozs)
2 cups Unbleached Flour (Or 2 1/4 Cups Of Cake Flour)
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ teaspoon Salt
¾ cup Sugar
¾ cup Brown Sugar, Firmly Packed
⅔ cup Sour Milk (1 Tbls Vinegar In 1 Cup Of Milk. Let

Directions

Stand For 10 Minutes Or Until Thick And Clabbered) ½ Cup Shortening 1 Tsp Vanilla 1 Tsp Red Food Coloring ⅓ Cup Sour Milk (As Above.

Make A Total Of 1 Cup Sour Milk) 2 Large Eggs, Unbeaten Melt the chocolate over low heat and set aside to cool. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar together in to a large mixer bowl. Add the brown sugar, ⅔ cup of sour milk, shortening, vanilla, and red food coloring to the dry mixture. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl several times while beating. Add the cooled chocolate, ⅓ cup of sour milk and the eggs and continue to beat, at medium speed, for an additional 2 minutes, or until well blended. Scrape the sides of the bowl frequently. Pour into 2 9-inch prepared round cake pans. (Prepare by greasing and flouring two 9-inch round cake pans.) Bake in a preheat 375 degree F. oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cake tests done.

Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and turn out on wire racks to finish cooling until cold. Frost. From The Mixer, Hand Mixer And Blender Cookbook Copyright 1955

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