Leith Hall Historic Seashore Inn

Devil's Food Cake: Dessert

Servings: 0

Ingredients:

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  1 cup boiling water

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  1/2 cup buttermilk

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  1 tablespoon vanilla extract

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  1 tablespoon organic chocolate flavoring

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  1 tablespoon organic coffee flavoring

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  2 sticks unsalted butter, melted

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  2 cups light brown sugar

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  4 large eggs

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  2 cups flour

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  3/4 cup Dutch cocoa (Droste's or Van Houten)

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  1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

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  1/2 teaspoon salt

Step 1:

Beat butter and sugar together, add eggs beating after each addition. Add vanilla, chocolate flavor, coffee flavor, beat.

Step 2:

Mix together sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa. Beat water and buttermilk into egg mixture. Beat in flour mixture.

Step 3:

Turn into greased and floured baking pan.

Step 4:

Bake: in glass bundt pan bake at 325 degrees for about 45 minutes. When done, cake should spring back when pressed with a fingertip.

Step 5:

Or bake in three 9" cake pans at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes. When done, cake should spring back when pressed with a fingertip.