grandma's devil's food cake
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This recipe was passed down to my mother from her mother-in-law, my grandmother. Devil's food cake has always been my favorite cake and this is the one that I fell in love with as a child. Now I have inherited the recipe from my mom who passed away 4 years ago. Of course, my grandmother's recipe used lard in her cake, my mom used vegetable shortening; but I prefer to use softened butter, but have also made it with coconut oil which was very good as well. Whatever shortening you decide to use, it is a cake that is delicious. I also like to frost with different icings depending on my mood.
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yield
serving(s)
prep time
35 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For grandma's devil's food cake
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13/4 csifted cake flour
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1/2 tspsalt
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1 tspbaking soda
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1/2 cshortening/butter,softened
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2 lgeggs, at room temperature
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4 ozmelted chocolate squares, unsweet
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1 tsppure vanilla extract
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1 cbuttermilk
How To Make grandma's devil's food cake
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1Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together.
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2Cream shortening/butter and add sugar gradually. Cream until light and fluffy.
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3Add eggs, beat well; add melted chocolate and vanilla and beat until thoroughly combined.
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4Alternately add buttermilk with flour mixture. Beat until smooth.
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5Divide batter evenly between 2 eight inch, greased and floured cake pans, (I like to dust my pans with unsweetened cocoa powder).
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6Bake at 375 degrees for 25 - 30 minutes or until tests done with toothpick.
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7Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Then remove from pans and cool on wire racks until completely cooled. Frost with your favorite frosting. My favorites are: Seven minute frosting or Fudge Frosting.
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