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| Nutrition Facts | ||
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Serving Size 1 (139g) Recipe makes 16 servings |
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| Calories 478 | ||
| Calories from Fat 254 | (53%) | |
| Amount Per Serving | %DV | |
| Total Fat 28.2g | 43% | |
| Saturated Fat 8.2g | 41% | |
| Monounsaturated Fat 8.9g | ||
| Polyunsaturated Fat 9.6g | ||
| Trans Fat 0.0g | ||
| Cholesterol 45mg | 15% | |
| Sodium 391mg | 16% | |
| Potassium 145mg | 4% | |
| Total Carbohydrate 55.0g | 18% | |
| Dietary Fiber 1.8g | 7% | |
| Sugars 37.7g | ||
| Protein 4.5g | 9% | |
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By: Karen=^..^=
Apr 25, 2002
This chocolate cake is absolutely thee best we have ever had. It is so moist and rich, I never make anything else (unless I am short on time 
The frosting recipe included goes perfectly with this cake, but you can use any frosting you like. Try this once and you'll see why I call it "The Only Chocolate Cake Recipe You'll Ever Need"!! Adding 2/18/06: I want to note that I recently used sweetened whipped heavy cream with vanilla and it was just as fabulous as the frosting recipe listed, plus much easier. I also used hazelnut coffee in the cake and it added even more of a little extta something!
SERVES 16
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup hot coffee
- 1 cup milk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Frosting
- 1 cup milk
- 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, sift together dry indredients. Add oil, coffee and milk and mix at medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and beat 2 more minutes. Expect batter to be thin.2
Pour into a 9" x 13" greased and floured pan or 2- 9" round pans. Bake 9 x 13 pan for about 45 minutes or 9" pans for about 30 minutes. Cool in pans for about 15 minutes and then cool completely on racks.3
While cake is cooling make the icing: Combine the milk and flour in a saucepan and cook over low heat until thick, whisking constantly. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.4
In a medium bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add chilled milk and flour mixture and beat for 10 minutes. Frost cooled cake and enjoy! The frosting sounds intimidating, but it is worth it! By the way, for some reason, we prefer this cake chilled, right out of the refrigerator. The rich chocolate and cool frosting just seem to taste best this way.
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Featured Reviews for This Recipe
From: Halcyon Eve
On Sep 20, 2008
A great Devil's Food cake recipe! I used Hershey's Special Dark cocoa, and the cake was nearly completely black! I also used instant espresso in lieu of coffee. It had a very good flavor and was not difficult to make. I am glad, though, that you mentioned the batter should be runny--otherwise I'd've worried I'd done something wrong! It was very runny indeed. It was very moist and dense. Thanks for posting, Karen!
From: kitchen_mom
On Sep 4, 2008
The cake was delicious, but I was not wild about the icing. I prefer icings made with powdered sugar. Next time I will use my chocolate icing recipe, but I will absolutely make the cake again!
From: LonghornMama
On Jan 7, 2007
I made the cake only, and used a caramel frosting. Used some of my morning coffee: I use dark roast and to most people it's at least double strength, but BOY did the cake have a nice flavor. Though it was rich, moist, and delicious, I had a problem. It came out of the oven looking absolutely beautiful and then fell completely flat. My cake turned into dense, rich brownies!! From a Q&A thread, I have determined that I overbeat the batter...I did run the beater up to high for a bit. Completely my fault, but thought I'd post this as a warning to others. Keep the beaters on medium only! Thanks, Karen, for sharing your recipe!
From: Marji
On Aug 18, 2003
This is a very easy recipe, and very good. I'm sure I will make it many times. Because of some reviews I did make a few changes. I used 7 oz. of coffee (no big deal), and only 1/2 cup of milk. I did detect a certain "saltiness" what with 2tsp of soda and 1tsp salt, so next time, I'll just use 1/4 tsp salt. The icing I used 13 Tbsp of butter, omitted the shortening, and kept all else the same. It came out great. Personally, I prefer it not chilled.
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