Best Devils Food Cake Recipes

DEVILS FOOD 4 LAYER CAKE WITH PEPPERMINT FROSTING

Steps:

• For cake:
• Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350°F Butter two 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 2-inch-high sides. Dust pans with flour; tap out excess. Whisk first 4 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in large bowl until well blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in yolk. Add cocoa and beat until well blended. Add flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with ice water in 2 additions, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating until just blended and smooth after each addition. Divide batter between prepared pans; smooth tops.
• Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on racks 15 minutes. Invert cakes onto racks and cool completely. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap in foil; store at room temperature.
• For dark chocolate ganache:.
• Bring cream and corn syrup to simmer in medium saucepan. Remove from heat; add chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Transfer to small bowl. Chill until firm enough to spread, about 1 hour. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Before using, let stand at room temperature until soft enough to spread, about 30 minutes.
• For white chocolate cream:
• Place white chocolate in large heatproof bowl. Bring 1 cup cream to simmer in saucepan. Pour hot cream over white chocolate. Let stand 1 minute; whisk until smooth. Whisk in extract. Cover; chill until mixture thickens and is cold, at least 4 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Chill.
• Add 2 cups chilled cream to white chocolate cream and beat until smooth and peaks form. DO AHEAD: Can be made 3 hours ahead. Cover and chill. Rewhisk to thicken, if necessary, before using.
• Using long serrated knife, cut each cake horizontally in half. Place 1 cake layer on platter, cut side up. Spread 1/3 of dark chocolate ganache over cake. Spoon 2 cups white chocolate cream in dollops over cake; spread evenly to edges. Top with second cake layer, cut side down; spread 1/3 of ganache over, then 2 cups white chocolate cream. Repeat with third cake layer, cut side up, remaining ganache, and remaining cream. Cover with fourth cake layer, cut side down. Chill while preparing frosting.
• For peppermint frosting:
• Combine sugar, 1/2 cup water, egg whites, and corn syrup in large bowl of heavy-duty stand mixer. Whisk by hand to blend well. Set bowl with mixture over saucepan of gently simmering water; whisk constantly with hand whisk until mixture resembles marshmallow creme and ribbons form when whisk is lifted, 8 to 9 minutes. Whisk in peppermint extract. Remove bowl from over water and attach bowl to heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until mixture is barely warm to touch and very thick, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Using offset spatula and working quickly, spread frosting over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle chocolate curls over top and sides. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome; chill.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder, soda, cocoa, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
• Stir in the sugar.
• Lightly beat the eggs, milk and vanilla.
• Add to the mixing bowl, then add the oil and coffee.
• Beat until a smooth batter is formed.
• Pour batter into a greased and lined 23cm square tin.
• The batter will be thin.
• Bake at 180°C degrees for about 1 hour or until the cake springs back when lightly touched.
• Leave in tin 5 minutes before turning on to a cooling rack.
• When cold dust with icing sugar or ice with your favourite frosting.

MAMAW'S DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
• In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Stir in the vanilla. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, cloves and cinnamon. Add the dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 35 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients.
• In a heavy saucepan, combine the cocoa, butter, milk and sugar. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until the mixture comes to a boil. Cook to the soft ball stage (234 to 240 degrees F, 112 to 115 degrees C). Remove from heat and beat by hand until the mixture becomes thick. Stir in the flour, beat until blended. Poke holes in the cake and frost while the cake and icing are still hot so the icing will penetrate. Let cool before serving.

DUNCAN HINES DEVILS FOOD POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour 10 inch bundt pan. Combine all ingredients in mixing bowl. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed with electric mixer. Pour into floured bundt pan and bake 50 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 25 minutes then invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.

BANANA DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 10" tube pan.
• Combine cake mix, pudding mix and flour in large mixing bowl.
• Add water, eggs, oil and blend, then beat for 2 minutes at medium speed.
• Stir in bananas.
• Bake for 60 to 70 minutes or until tests done.
• Cool for 1 hour in pan.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE WITH COOL WHIP FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Set a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees... For 30mins ...Lightly butter two 9-inch round cake pans and or a bundt cake pan ( I used a bundt for mine)
• 2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. beat the butter at medium speed until smooth, about 2 minutes. Increase the speed to medium-high and slowly add the sugar. Continue beating until light and smooth, about 4 minutes.. Add the cocoa powder and vanilla and beat at medium speed for 1 minute more With the mixer running at medium-low speed, add the eggs, one at a time, beating for 1 minute between each addition.Combine the water and milk in a saucepan and bring just to a boil. Remove from the heat.
• 3. With the mixer at low speed, add the flour mixture, about a 1/4 cup at a time. Carefully pour the hot liquid into the batter. using a large rubber spatula, finish combining the batter until smooth. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pan.
• 4. FOR FROSTING.. 4 ounce box instant chocolate pudding mix, dry (vanilla if you want vanilla frosting) 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted 1 cup milk 8 ounces/225g Cool Whip mix the first three ingredients together until smooth and thick.. fold in cool whip frost cake.

MOMS DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Make a hole in the sifted ingredients, add 4TBs Crisco...Pour 1C. BOILING water to which 1tsp Baking soda has been added into the ingredients. Mix but DO NOT beat, then add:
• 2. 1tsp Vanilla Extract 1 Beaten Egg
• 3. Mix in, but don't beat.
• 4. Bake 35~45min at 350^ Makes about 1 1/2 dozen cup cakes or small sheet cake. Double for 3 dozen cup cakes or large pan.

ANGELS' AND DEVILS' FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• For the raspberry sauce: Combine the raspberries and sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat and cook for 15 minutes. Add the basil and lime juice and allow the sauce to cool in the fridge.
• For the meringue: Combine 1/2 cup water and the rum in a medium saucepan over high heat and bring to a simmer. Slowly stir in 1 cup of the sugar to combine, and use a pastry brush dipped in water to remove any sugar crystals from the side of the pot. Insert a candy thermometer into the mixture.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer using a whisk attachment, beat the egg whites on medium speed until foamy. Slowly stream in the remaining 1/2 cup sugar and beat to soft peaks.
• When the sugar syrup reaches the soft-ball stage (238 degrees F), remove from the heat. Increase the mixer speed to medium high and slowly stream the sugar syrup into the egg whites in the space between the beaters and the side of the bowl with the mixer running. Continue to beat until the meringue forms soft, glossy peaks.
• To assemble the cake: Place the angel food cake onto a cake stand or plate. Pour the raspberry sauce into the center hole. Spread the meringue evenly all over the sides and top of the cake, covering the hole at the top. Use your spatula to create peaks along the tops and sides if desired. Use a kitchen torch to toast the meringue all over before serving.

HEALTHY - BLACK DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13x9x2-inch pan with vegetable oil spray. Dust with flour; shake off excess. In a large mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa powder and baking soda. Whisk in applesauce, buttermilk and vegetable oil.
• In a small saucepan, bring coffee to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir gently into batter.
• Mixture will be soupy. Pour into pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or let cool completely.
• Servings: 20.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE/1948 VERSION

Steps:

• Mix water, cocoa and baking soda, let stand while preparing the rest of the ingredients.
• Cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs, add half the flour and half the milk beat well.
• Add the cocoa mixture and remaining flour and milk and vanilla.
• Bake in two greased and floured cake pans, at 350°F for 30 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Frost with icing:2 cups powdered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1/2 to 3/4 cup milnot.
• Beat milnot canned milk into powdered sugar a little at a time until spreadable; add vanilla.

MOIST DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Mix Sugar, Flour, Coco together.
• Mix Eggs, Oil and Water together. Add to Dry Ingredients.
• Mix soda, buttermilk and vanilla together and add to mixture.
• Pour into a a 9X13 pan. I always grease and flour, but not really sure if this step is even necessary, you would never want to take this cake out of the pan. I can't imagine it ever sticking.
• 350 oven for 60 minutes.
• * I never have buttermilk in the house, so I use Recipe #124413. I also use Kittencal's #89207.

RED DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream shortening and sugar thoroughly.
• 2. Add well beaten eggs to which salt has been added and mix well
• 3. Dissolve soda in boiling water.
• 4. Sift cocoa with flour, add flour mixture alternately with sour cream.
• 5. Add soda water and mix well
• 6. Bake in two greased layer cake pans 35 minutes in a 375 degree oven.

WHIPPING CREAM CHOCOLATE CHIP DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Prepare Devils' food cake according to the box directions. Line a 10 x 15 x 1-inch jellyroll pan with aluminum foil letting the foil hangover about 1 inch. Spray foil with cooking spray. Spread Devil's food cake over foil. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; turn upside down onto cooling rack. Carefully remove foil. Cool brownie completely, about 1 hour.
• 2. In medium bowl, beat whipping cream, powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on high speed until stiff. Stir in 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Cut brownie crosswise into 4 equal pieces, 10 X 3-3/4 inches. Trim off stiff edges of brownie if necessary. Place 1 piece on serving plate; spread about 3/4 cup frosting over top. Repeat twice. Top with remaining cake piece. Frost sides and top with remaining frosting. Garnish with reserved 1/3 cup chocolate chips. Cover; refrigerate at least 2 hours until chilled but no longer than 48 hours. Store covered in refrigerator.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE MIX IN A JAR

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, cocoa powder & baking powder.
• Layer mixture and other ingredients in order given in a 1 quart canning jar.
• It is helpful to tap jar lightly on a padded surface (towel on counter) as you layer ingredients to make all ingredients fit neatly.
• Use scissors to cut a 9 inch-diameter circle from fabric of your choice.
• Center fabric circle over lid and secure with a rubber band.
• Tie on a raffia or ribbon bow to cover the rubber band.
• Attach a card with the following directions:
• Devil's Food Cake: Cream 1/2 cup Vegetable Shortening with top layer of sugar in jar and beat until light and fluffy. Add 2 eggs and mix well. Slowly blend in 1 1/2 cups Milk and 1 teaspoons Vanilla, then add remaining dry ingredients from jar, and blend until smooth. Pour into a 9 x 13 inch baking pan which has been greased and floured. Bake for 30 minutes at 350°F.

HOT WATER DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream together shortening, cocoa, sugar and eggs.
• 2. add flour, salt, buttermilk with soda, and baking powder. Mix well; then add 1 cup hot water and 1 teaspoon vanilla. This is a soft batter. Bake in two 8 inch layers pays well greased and floured or in a sheet cake. Bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes. Frost with your favorite frosting.

RED DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees Cream together butter and sugar, add eggs and beat till nice and smooth. Sift dry ingredients together. Melt chocolate in the boiling water. Add dry ingredients alternately with the milk. When all blended add the melted chocolate. Pour into a 9X13 square pan or 2 - 9 inch layer pans and bake for about 25 minutes at 350.
• 2. Lemon Frosting Beat butter till very creamy, add the egg yolk and beat in confectioners sugar a little at a time. Beat till light and fluffy and add lemon juice to taste and to make a good consistency. Add some lemon zest if you have a fresh lemon for more flavor!

DEVILS FOOD CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 3 (8 inch) round cake pans with nonstick baking spray with flour. Line bottoms of pans with parchment paper; spray with nonstick baking spray with flour. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at high speed with an electric mixer until fluffy, 3-4 minutes, stopping occasionally to scrape sides of bowl. Add eggs and vanilla, beating until well combined.
• In a small bowl, sift together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture in thirds, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Carefully add 3/4 cup boiling water. Increase mixer speed gradually; beat just until combined. Divide batter evenly among prepared pans. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 20-25 minutes. Let cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.
• Make the chocolate buttercream: In the top half of a double boiler, combine sugar and egg whites. Cook over medium high heat, whisking constantly, until sugar dissolves and a candy thermometer reads 140F, approximately 8 minutes. Transfer mixture to the work bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat at high speed until stiff peaks form and mixture has cooled, approximately 10 minutes. Reduce speed to medium low. Gradually add butter, a few tablespoons at a time, beating well after each addition. Add cocoa and vanilla, beating at low speed until combined. Spread buttercream between layers and on top and sides of cake.

POTATO DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream together : shortening , sugar and then add melted chocolate and mashed potatoes ; beat well.
• 2. Add to creamed mixture : egg yolk , Vanilla and milk.
• 3. Fold in the flour , baking powder , salt and nuts.
• 4. Pour into a lightly greased and floured 8x8 baking dish
• 5. Bake @ 375° for 30 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in the center comes out clean then the cake is done.
• 6. Top with sprinkled powdered sugar or your favorite frosting.

DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven rack at the middle level of the oven and preheat to 375 degrees.
• For two 10-inch round cake pans, 2 inches deep, butter bottom and sides.
• and line the bottom of the pan with a circle of parchment paper. Doing the.
• same for one 14-inch round cake pan.
• For the cake batter, sift the dry ingredients into a mixer bowl (flour,.
• sugar, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda) and add the.
• butter. Mix for 2 minutes on low speed. Add half of the buttermilk and.
• continue mixing 5 minutes longer. Scrape bowl and beaters, Mix remaining.
• buttermilk with the eggs, and add a third of at a time to the batter,.
• stopping and scraping between each addition.
• Divide batter between prepared pans (for 10-inch pans), or put all of the.
• batter into the 14-inch pan bake for 30 minutes, until layers are well risen.
• and firm. The 14-inch pan will take a little longer start checking at 35.
• minutes.
• Place pan on cooling rack for 10 minutes, and then un mold onto the rack,.
• cool right side up on the rack.
• Let the cake sit for a day before you ice or frost.
• It freezes very well. Wrap in SARAN WRAP and then foil. To defrost: leave.
• in wrappings until defrosted, then unwrap. I generally will defrost.
• partially, then torte the cake and allow it to continue defrosting. It cuts better.
• STORAGE: Keep under a cake dome or well wrapped at room temperature, unless.
• you have a frosting that needs to be refrigerated.