sour cream devil's food cake w/ felicity frosting
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Grandma's recipe book, dated 1940. Only slightly modified. This cake is the ideal chocolate-chocolate bomb. For anybody in your life who loves death by chocolate, for anybody who loves a rich fudgy frosting, this is your cake.
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(1 rating)
yield
serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For sour cream devil's food cake w/ felicity frosting
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2 csifted cake flour
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/3 cbutter
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1/3 cbutter
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1 1/4 csugar
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1egg, unbeaten
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3chocolate, unsweetened squares, melted
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1 tspvanilla
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1/2 cthick sour cream
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3/4 csweet milk (whole milk)
- FELICITY FROSTING
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2egg whites, unbeaten
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2 cbrown sugar, firmly packed
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2 Tbspwater
- CHOCOLATE TOPPING
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1chocolate, melted, unsweetened squares
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1/4 cgranulated sugar
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1/4 cwater
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1/3 c(optional) semisweet chocolate pieces rainbow jimmies
How To Make sour cream devil's food cake w/ felicity frosting
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1Sift flour once, measure, add soda and salt and sift together three times. Cream butter thoroughly, add sugar gradually and cream together well. Add egg and beat very thoroughly; then chocolate and vanilla and blend.
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2Add about 1/4 of flour and beat well; then add sour cream and beat thoroughly. Add remaining flour, alternately with milk, a small amount at a time, beating after each addition until smooth.
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3Turn into two greased 9 inch layer pans and bake in moderate oven (350 F) for 30 minutes, or until done.
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4Spread Felicity Frosting on tops and sides of cake. Top with glossy chocolate coating by combining 1 square unsweetened chocolate, melted, 1/4 cup sugar, and 1/4 cup water. Cook over low heat until smooth and thick: cool slightly. Double recipe for three 10 inch layers
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5Felicity Frosting: Combine egg whites, sugar, salt and water in top of double boiler, beating with rotary beater until thoroughly mixed. Place over rapidly boiling water, beat constantly with beater, and cook seven minutes or until frosting will stand in peaks.
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6Remove from heat, but allow to remain over hot water and beat two minutes longer. Place over cold water and continue beating three minutes.
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7Makes enough frosting to cover tops and sides of two 9 inch layers
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