Aunt Lib’s Devil’s Food Cake

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Arm and Hammer Old Fashioned Recipes

Categories: Cake, icings, torte

Ingredients

  • 4 cups sifted cake flour
  • 2 tsp. Arm & Hammer baking soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 6 squares chocolate, melted
  • 1/2 cup vinegar
  • 1 1/2 cups sweet milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla

Directions

  1. Sift flour with baking soda and salt.
  2. Cream shortening until smooth.
  3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until fluffy after each.
  4. Blend in chocolate.
  5. Combine vinegar, milk and vanilla and add alternately with flour mixture, beating well after each addition. Begin and end with addition of flour.
  6. Turn into 3 greased 9-inch layer cake pans, 1 1/2 inches deep.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees. for 30 minutes.
  8. Frost when cool with Fudge Frosting.

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