Easy Devil's Food Cake

Recipe Ingredients

		Food Cake
1 1/4 cups	247g / 8.7oz	Sugar
1 cup	237ml	Buttermilk
2/3 cup	157ml	Vegetable oil
2		Eggs
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
1 1/2 cups	93g / 3.3oz	All-purpose flour
1/2 cup	55g / 1.9oz	Unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/4 teaspoons	6.3ml	Baking soda
		Frosting
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Unsalted butter - (1 stick)
2 oz	56g	Unsweetened chocolate - chopped
1/3 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vanilla
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Powdered sugar
2/3 cup	157ml	Sour cream - more or less

Recipe Instructions

For Food Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 8-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2-inch-high sides.

Whisk first 5 ingredients in large bowl to blend. Sift in flour, cocoa and baking soda. Stir to combine. Divide batter between prepared pans. Bake until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes. Turn cakes out onto racks and cool completely. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Wrap cakes separately in plastic wrap and store at room temperature.)

Place 1 cake layer on plate. Spread with 1/2 cup frosting. Top with second cake layer. Spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting. (Can be prepared up to 8 hours ahead. Cover with cake dome and let stand at room temperature.)

For Frosting: Melt unsalted butter and chocolate in heavy small saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth. Transfer to large bowl. Whisk in cocoa powder and vanilla. Whisk in 1 cup sugar and 1/3 cup sour cream. Whisk in remaining 1 cup sugar. Gradually whisk in enough of remaining sour cream to form spreadable frosting.

This recipe yields 8 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, March 1992

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