Enjoy this fluffy devil’s food cake made with chocolate – a perfect classic dessert.
Devil's Food Cake
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 12
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 4 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, cut into pieces, melted
- 1 1/4 cups water
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans with shortening; lightly flour. In medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
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Step2In large bowl, beat brown sugar and butter with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in vanilla and eggs. Beat in melted chocolate until blended, scraping bowl occasionally. Alternately add flour mixture and water, beating well and scraping bowl after each addition. Pour batter evenly into pans.
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Step3Bake 8-inch pans 28 to 38 minutes (9-inch pans 25 to 35 minutes) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans; place on wire racks. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Fill and frost as desired.
Nutrition
330
Calories
14g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
46g
Total Carbohydrate
27g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 130
- Total Fat
- 14g
- 22%
- Saturated Fat
- 7g
- 37%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 75mg
- 24%
- Sodium
- 280mg
- 12%
- Potassium
- 210mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 46g
- 15%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 8%
- Sugars
- 27g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 8%
- 8%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 2 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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