A classic chocolate layer cake frosted with the smoothest vanilla frosting you’ve ever tasted. Who could resist?
Red Devil's Food Cake
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 2 hr 10 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 14
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 2/3 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 oz unsweetened baking chocolate, melted, cooled
Creamy Vanilla Frosting
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat 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.
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Step2Bake 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.
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Step3In 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.
Nutrition
350
Calories
14 g
Total Fat
3 g
Protein
54 g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 350
- Calories from Fat
- 125
- Total Fat
- 14 g
- Saturated Fat
- 6 g
- Cholesterol
- 40 mg
- Sodium
- 320 mg
- Potassium
- 120 mg
- Total Carbohydrate
- 54 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 1 g
- Protein
- 3 g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
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