dark devil's food cake
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I started making this cake when I was 10 years old with my Mom. That was 52 years ago. The only thing I changed was the baking cocoa. Since I am a lover of dark chocolate I now use the Hershey Special Dark baking cocoa. This cake has never failed me. Whether iced or not this cake is great.
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yield
12 serving(s)
prep time
10 Min
cook time
30 Min
Ingredients For dark devil's food cake
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2 call purpose flour
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1 3/4 csugar
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1/3 tspbaking powder
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1 3/4 tspbaking soda
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1 tspsalt
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2/3 chershy special dark baking cocoa
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2/3 ccrisco shortening
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1 cwater
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2 tspvanilla extract
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3large eggs
How To Make dark devil's food cake
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1Mix first eight ingredients until blended. Beat on high speed of hand mixer for 2 minutes.
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2Add vanilla and eggs and mix until well blended. Beat on high speed of hand mixer for 2 minutes.
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3Grease and flour cake pan and pour batter into pan.
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4I prefer to sprinkle top of batter with chocolate chips and chopped walnuts before baking. Or you can bake and ice when cooled.
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5Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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6Bake: 9 in. layer pans for 30-40 minutes 9in. square or 9 in. x 13 in. pans for 35-40 min. 24 cupcakes for 20-25 min. .
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