Devil's Food Cake

Name: Devil's Food Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons baking soda; 85 grams bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 227 grams finely chopped bittersweet chocolate; 296 milliliters firmly packed dark brown sugar; 710 milliliters confectioners sugar, sifted twice; 2 Tbsps light corn syrup; 4 larges eggs; 473 milliliters all-purpose flour; 177 milliliters granulated sugar; 177 milliliters heavy cream; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 118 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps milk; 3 Tbsps milk; 1 teaspoons salt; 227 grams unsalted butter, room temperature; 237 milliliters sticks unsalted butter, softened; 43 grams unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 177 milliliters unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process); 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; 237 milliliters boiling water

Devil's Food Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe covers 54% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 3. One portion of this dish contains around 34g of protein, 265g of fat, and a total of 4510 calories. If you have baking soda, water, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease 3 (9-inch) round cake pans and line each bottom with a round of waxed paper. Grease paper and dust pans with flour, knocking out excess flour.

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All Purpose Flour

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Oven

In a bowl, whisk the boiling water into cocoa until smooth and whisk in milk and vanilla.

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Vanilla

Cocoa Powder

Water

Milk

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Whisk

Bowl

In a large bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes, and beat in eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Butter

Egg

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Hand Mixer

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Into another bowl or on parchment paper, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt and add to egg mixture in batches alternately with cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, and beating well after each addition.

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Baking Soda

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Egg

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Baking Paper

Bowl

Divide batter among pans, smoothing tops, and bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of pans halfway through baking, 20 to 25 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean and layers begin to pull away from sides of pans.

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Oven

Cool layers in pans on racks 10 minutes and turn out onto racks to cool completely. Cake layers may be made ahead and kept, wrapped well in plastic wrap, at room temperature 2 days or frozen 1 week.

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

In a small saucepan, heat cream to a simmer.

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Cream

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Sauce Pan

Pour simmering cream over chopped chocolate. Stir in corn syrup and stir until smooth.;

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Corn Syrup

Chocolate

Cream

In a large mixing bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter on medium high speed for 4 to 5 minutes, scraping down sides of the bowl occasionally until very creamy.

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Butter

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Mixing Bowl

Add two cups of sifted confectioners' sugar and beat on medium high speed to incorporate thoroughly, scraping down sides occasionally.

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Powdered Sugar

Add remaining confectioners' sugar and mix until all of the sugar is completely incorporated.

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Powdered Sugar

Sugar

Add vanilla extract, lemon juice, and milk and beat for an additional 3 to 4 minutes. The frosting should be very creamy.

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Vanilla Extract

Lemon Juice

Frosting

Milk

Cover tightly with plastic wrap until ready to use. If preparing the frosting 1 day ahead, cover the frosting tightly with plastic wrap but do not refrigerate. When ready to use, beat the frosting again adding additional milk or lemon juice until the frosting reaches the desired consistency.

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Lemon Juice

Frosting

Milk

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

In a microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolates.

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Microwave

Bowl

Heat in microwave at medium heat at 30-second intervals, stirring in between, until chocolate is melted. Set aside to cool.

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Chocolate

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Microwave

In a large mixing bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter on medium high speed for 4 to 5 minutes, scraping down sides of the bowl occasionally, until very creamy.

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Butter

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Mixing Bowl

Add the cooled chocolate mixture to the butter and beat until thoroughly incorporated.

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Chocolate

Butter

Add two cups of sifted confectioners' sugar and beat on medium high speed to incorporate thoroughly, scraping down sides occasionally.

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Powdered Sugar

Add remaining confectioners' sugar and mix until all of the sugar is completely incorporated.