Decadently Delectable Devil's Food Cake
Whoa! I don't know where the time has gone, but Halloween
season is upon us again! By which I mean there are copious amounts of
fun-size candy bars and chocolate-covered marshmallow pumpkins on the
shelves at the store and THAT means ... hey, let's make a Devil's Food Cake! Cause we all know devils and chocolate are both super-Halloween-y.
But here's something I bet you didn't know: Traditionally, Devil's Food Cake recipes include a splash of red food coloring in honor of the original bad guy himself! (I had no idea, personally, and I've eaten/baked my fair share of Devil's Food Cake!)
Try this authentic, real-deal Devil's Food Cake from DashRecipes.com -- and see if you don't get into some trouble!
Devils Food Cake
Ingredients
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 1/4 cups cake flour, sifted
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 1/2 cups packed light-brown sugar
3 eggs
1 cup sour cream
3 drops red food coloring
1 cup boiling water
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Buttercream
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease two 9-inch
round cake pans with melted butter. Line the bottoms with circles of wax
or parchment paper and butter the paper. Dust the pans with cocoa
powder, tapping out any excess. Set aside.
2. Melt the chocolate in a double-boiler over simmering water. Set aside.
3.
Cream the butter and brown sugar together in a large bowl, using an
electric mixer, until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. With the mixer
on low speed, add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
addition. Stir in the melted chocolate.
4.
Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt into another bowl. With the mixer
on low speed, and alternating between the two, add the flour mixture
(one third at a time) and the sour cream (1/2 cup at a time) to the
chocolate mixture, starting and ending with the flour. Scrape down the
sides of the bowl and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add the food
coloring and vanilla to the boiling water, then slowly add it to the
batter. Continue mixing until combined, 1 minute more.
5.
Pour the batter evenly into the prepared pans and bake until a pick
inserted in the center comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Let the
layers cool in the pans on wire racks for 10 minutes, then remove the
layers from the pans and let them cool completely on the rack. Carefully
peel off the paper.
6. To assemble the cake, place one cake layer, topside up, on a serving plate. Spread it with a third of the Old-Fashioned Chocolate Buttercream. Top with the remaining cake layer, topside up. Frost the sides and top of the cake with the remaining buttercream. This cake is best served at room temperature.
If you use the red food dye that comes in gel form it will taste better
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Yum!
That has to be delicious ;)
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