Devils Food Cake Recipe

Ingredients for Devils Food Cake Recipe

• 1½ cups sugar
• 1½ cups milk
• ½ cake chocolate
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• ½ cup vegetable shortening
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 tablespoons boiling water
• Boiled frosting
• ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. Put 1/2 cup of sugar into small saucepan, add chocolate and 1 cup milk.
2. Put on stove and stir till it boils five minutes, stirring now and then.
3. Remove from fire, add vanilla and set aside to cool.
4. Beat vegetable shortening and remainder of sugar to light cream, then add eggs well beaten and beat two minutes.
5. Now add remainder of milk, soda dissolved in boiling water, flour, salt, and chocolate mixture.
6. Mix carefully and divide into two large greased and floured layer tins and bake in moderate oven twenty five minutes.
7. Turn to cool and put together with boiled frosting.
8. Sufficient for two large layers.