Best Red Devils Food Cake With Lemon Frosting Recipes

REAL RED DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Cream margarine and sugar till fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. In a separate bowl, mix cocoa, coffee, and food coloring till a smooth paste is formed. Blend into the creamed mixture. Mix flour, salt and soda, and add to mixture alternately with sour milk or buttermilk. Add vanilla. Pour into two greased and floured cake pans, and bake at 350° for 30 minutes or till tops spring back when lightly touched.
• Cool completely before frosting.
• Note: Take care which of your utensils you use to mix coloring mixture. Plastic or wood will pick up the red color and stain permanently. I always use metal and glass.

THE BEST DEVILS FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 F. Grease and lightly flour (2) 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
• Stir in coffee, oil, and buttermilk and mix just until combined.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pans.
• Bake on the middle rack for 30 minutes. (may need more or less time)
• Let cakes cool in pans until pans are cool enough to touch, and then remove cakes and allow them to cool completely on a wire rack.
• While cakes are cooling, prepare frosting by creaming the butter with a mixer in a medium bowl.
• Slowly add powdered sugar until the mixture is thick and combined.
• Mix in heavy whipping cream and vanilla extract.
• Mix on medium speed, for 2-3 minutes or until frosting is light and fluffy.
• Frost cooled cakes using an offset spatula.
• Store cakes in an airtight cake container.

OLD FASHIONED "RED" DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together, in large bowl, cake flour, sugar, soda, salt and cocoa.
• Add shortening, and 2/3 cup milk. Beat together for 2 minutes. Add 1/3 cup milk, eggs and vanilla. Beat 2 more minutes.
• Pour into prepared pan (s).
• Bake at 350F until done, about 35 minutes, depending on the size of the pan.

RED DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare greased baking pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Baking time is 30 minutes. Time will vary depending on size of pans or muffin cups used.
• Stir shortening to soften.
• Gradually add 1 cup sugar, creaming together until light and fluffy.
• Add salt and vanilla. Combine mixture.
• Add flour alternately with 1 cup cold water, beginning and ending with flour. Beat after each addition.
• Beat egg whites till soft peaks form; gradually add 3/4 cup sugar beating until stiff peaks form. Fold into batter.
• Dissolve baking soda in 1/3 cup cold water; stir into batter mixing thoroughly.
• Pour batter into prepared baking pans.

RED DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE AND RED DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE ICING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Grease and flour a long Pyrex dish.
• Cream sugar and shortening until sugar is fluffy.
• Add well beaten egg.
• Sift together the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda.
• Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with sour milk.
• Add hot coffee and vanilla.
• Beat until well mixed.
• Pour into prepared pan. Bake until done but do not overcook.
• Icing: Mix sugar, salt, and cocoa together.
• Add shortening and milk.
• Bring to a swift boil.
• Cook for 1 minute, stirring well.
• Remove from heat.
• Beat with electric mixer until thick and smooth.
• If it begins to thicken too much, add a tablespoon of heavy cream.

RED DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 8- or 9-inch round cake pans, or 13x9-inch pan. In large bowl, beat all cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pans.
• Bake rounds 30 to 35 minutes, rectangle 35 to 40 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, mix powdered sugar and butter with spoon or electric mixer on low speed. Stir in vanilla and enough milk until smooth and spreadable. Fill and frost round layers or frost top of rectangle with frosting.