The flour should be sifted all purpose flour or cake/pastry flour. The "soda" should have been 1 Tablespoon baking powder. No need for vinegar. I have found that the recipes using vinegar and baking soda often do not rise in cake recipes. Here is a "tnt" (tried and true) one bowl cake recipe that you can add 1/4 cup sugar with 1 tablespoon powdered cocoa for a chocolate cake. It makes a 2 layer cake or 1 8x12 slab cake. 1 1/2 cups sifted pastry flour
1 cup sugar 1 tbsp baking powder (double acting) 1/2 cup shortening (room temperature) 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup milk 1 egg Combine dry ingredients, add shortening and half the liquid. Mix at medium speed, add remaining ingredients and beat 2 minutes. Bake in small cake pan at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Marchand" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 11:52 PM Subject: Re: [CnD] DEVILS FOOD CAKE AND EASY CHOCOLATE Hi, Could someone tell me what is the matter with this recipe?? I was very disappointed with this recipe so at the birthday party we had a game of how much does this cake weigh??? The cake did not rise and it was very heavy. I hope that these recipes have been tried. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 7:12 AM Subject: [CnD] DEVILS FOOD CAKE AND EASY CHOCOLATE > DEVILS FOOD CAKE AND EASY CHOCOLATE > FROSTING > 3 c. flour > 2 c. sugar > 2 tsp. soda > 1 tsp. salt > 3 tbsp. cocoa > 2 c. water > 2 tbsp. vinegar > 3/4 c. salad oil > 1 tsp. vanilla > FROSTING: > 1 c. sugar > 5 tbsp. butter > 1/3 c. milk > 1 c. chocolate chips > Mix flour, sugar, soda, salt and cocoa together. Add water, vinegar, salad > oil and > vanilla. Bake in greased 9x13 inch pan for 35 minutes at 325 degrees or > can be baked > on a cookie sheet for 25 minutes at 325 degrees. > FROSTING: Cook frosting ingredients together, except the chips, for 1 > minute. Add > chips, mix and pour on cake. Can be put on while cake is still warm. > Enjoy. > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
