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One-Bowl Devil's Food Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
1 1/4 c. sugar
1 1/2 c. cocoa
1 1/4 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. cream of tartar (omit if 2 eggs, unbeaten
and sour milk is used)
1 tsp salt
2/3 c. Spry
1 c. sweet milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Sift flour, sugar, cocoa, soda (cream of tartar, if used), and salt into mixing bowl; add Spry and 2/3 c. milk and vanilla; beat 15 strokes. Add remaining milk and beat 50 strokes. Bake in 2 deep 8-inch layer pans in moderate oven (350 degrees F) 30 to 40 minutes. Frost if desired.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
15-20 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is a recipe of my dad's, Donald R. Westervelt. It was first published in 1950 in a recipe book called "Leon's Favorite Recipes," compiled by the Naomi Rebekah Lodge No. 566, Leon, Kansas. Dad and I made this cake together and I've made it myself. Of course, Spry is now Crisco

 

 

 

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