Devil's Food Cake

By Dianewaldron

Tender at the Bone. USE 7-MINUTE FROSTING.

Ingredients

• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Heat milk in a small pan until bubbles begin to appear around the edges. Remove from heat.
Mix cocoa and white sugar together in a small bowl and slowly beat in warm milk. Let cool.
Cream the butter with the brown sugar. beat in the eggs, sour cream, and vanilla. Add cocoa mixture.
Mix remaining dry ingredients together and gently blend into butter mixture. Do not over beat.
Turn into 2 well-greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans, and bake 25-30 minutes, until cake shrinks slightly from sides of pans for a few minutes, then turn out of pans onto rack.
Wait until completely cool before frosting.