Devil's Food Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup boiling water
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not dutch process)
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups dark brown sugar, packed
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350º.
• 2 butter 3 (8-inch) round cake pans and line bottoms of each with rounds of wax or parchment paper. butter paper and dust with flour, knocking out excess.
• 3 whisk together boiling water and cocoa powder in a bowl until smooth, then whisk in milk and vanilla.
• 4 sift together flour, baking soda, and salt in another bowl.
• 5 beat together butter and sugars in a large bowl with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy, then add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 6 beat in flour and cocoa mixtures alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture (batter may look curdled).
• 7 divide batter among pans, smoothing tops.
• 8 bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of pans halfway through-baking, until tester comes out clean and layers begin to pull away from sides of pans, 20-25 minutes total.
• 9 cool layers in pans on racks 10 min, then invert onto racks, remove wax paper, and cool completely.
• 10 frost cake with favorite frosting and enjoy! we do :d.