Martha Washington Devil's Food Cake
Recipe
- Title:
- Martha Washington Devil's Food Cake
- Categories:
- Cakes, Chocolate
- Yield:
- 6 servings
Ingredients
- 4
- Squares (1 oz) of
- 1 ts Baking soda
- -unsweetened chocolate
- 1 ts Salt
- 2 c Sugar
- 3/4 c Butter or margarine
- 1 1/2 c Buttermilk
- 3
- Eggs
- 2 c Flour
- 1 ts Vanilla.
- 1 1/2 ts Baking powder
Directions
- Martha Washington Devil's Food Cake (from Baker's Book of Chocolate Riches)
Directions
- Melt chocolate in a saucepan over a very low heat, stirring constantly until smooth.
- Add 1/2 cup of the sugar and 1/2 cup of the buttermilk.
- Stir until well blended.
- Cool thoroughly.
- Mik flour, baking powder, soda and salt.
- Cream butter, and gradualy beat in the remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar.
- Continue beating until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each.
- Blend in about one-fourth of the flour mixture, then add the chocolate & vanilla.
- Alternately add the remaining flour and buttermilk, beating after each addition until smooth.
Directions
- Pour into two 9 inch greased & floured pans, and bake at 350 for about 40 minutes.
Directions
- I used a cream cheese frosting on the outside and filled the space between the layers with the chocolate frosting recipe on the Hershey's cocoa box.
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