Devil's Food Cake

By jann

Ingredients

• 1 devils food cake mix
• ingredients as on box

Preparation

Step 1

I fixed a Duncan Hines Classic Devils Food Cake. I followed the instructions on the box. I BAKED DIRECTLY IN THE CROCK… NOT THE BAKING PAN!… DO NOT DECREASE THE OIL! I did not preheat. I sprayed the crock with the "PAM/Flour" mixture; (Bakers Joy), and baked 30 minutes. The steam vent was plugged with aluminum foil. The bottom got a little burnt, so on the next one I will definitely reduce the heat to 325°. On the box it said for dark pans to reduce heat, so I guess I should have listened. I took the crock out of the base to cool. I let it cool 15 minutes on trivets before we turned it out. It fell right out of the pan. It took my husband to turn it onto the cutting board. (I’m really short, and just couldn’t get a good grip on the crock.) I'm patiently waiting for it to cool so I can put frosting on it.

OMG!!! This is so moist!!! Now.. not even an 1/8" on the bottom was burnt. I shaved it off with a sharp knife it when it was on the plate and it came right off. Once it was off, you could not taste the burnt part... and not all of the bottom was burnt.