Red Devils Food Cake With Boiled Icing |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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A 1935 recipe saved to an old personal homemade cookbook by cutting and pasting the clipping. Ingredients:
4 tablespoons fat |
1 cup sugar |
2 eggs |
1/2 cup sour milk |
1/2 cup water |
2 baking chocolate squares |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
1/8 teaspoon salt |
1 1/2 cups flour |
1 teaspoon baking powder |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
1 cup sugar |
1 teaspoon vinegar |
1/2 cup water |
1 egg white |
1/2 teaspoon vanilla |
Directions:
1. Cut the chcolate into small pieces. Add water and cook for 1 minute. Stir constantly. Cool.
2. Cream fat and sugar. Add the rest of the ingredients including chocolate mix. Beat for 2 minutes. Pour into shallow pan fitted with wax paper.
3. Bake 30 minutes in a moderately slow oven. [approx 325F].
4. Cool and frost.
5. Boiled Frosting:.
6. Mix the sugar, vinegar and water. Mix well. Boil gently without stirring until a fine thread forms when a portion is poured from the spoon. Pour at once into beaten egg white. Beat until thick and creamy. Add vanilla and frost your cake.
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