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                       Best Ever Devil's Food Cake

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Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes                            Chocolate

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2      cups          All-purpose flour
     2/3  cup           Unsweetened cocoa powder
   1 1/4  teaspoons     Baking soda
     1/4  teaspoon      Baking powder
     2/3  cup           Butter or margarine
                        At room temperature
   1 2/3  cups          Sugar
   3      large         Eggs
   1      teaspoon      Vanilla extract
   1 1/2  cups          Milk
                        Chocolate Frosting -- follows
                        Garnish:
                        Chocolate curls

Adjust oven racks to divide oven into thirds. Heat oven to 350'F.
 Grease three 8-inch layer-cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed and grease paper.
Sprinkle in flour and rotate pans to coat bottoms and sides. 
Shake out excess. 
Mix the first 5 ingredients until well blended.
 Beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl with electric mixer until fluffy.
Gradually stir in flour mixture alternately with milk until just blended
Pour into prepared pans, about 2 cups in each. 
Stagger pans on oven racks and bake, switching position of pans once to
 ensure even layers, 20 to 25 minutes or until pick inserted in center comes out clean.  
Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.  Invert cakes on racks, remove pans an peel off paper.  
Turn cakes right side up and cool completely. 
 fill and frost with Chocolate Frosting.  
garnish with chocolate curls and a dusting of confectioners'sugar.

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