Devils Food Cake/1948 Version

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup cold water
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2/3 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup sour milk or 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 mix water, cocoa and baking soda, let stand while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
• 2 cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs, add half the flour and half the milk beat well.
• 3 add the cocoa mixture and remaining flour and milk and vanilla.
• 4 bake in two greased and floured cake pans, at 350°f for 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 5 frost with icing:2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 to 3/4 cup milnot.
• 6 beat milnot canned milk into powdered sugar a little at a time until spreadable; add vanilla.