*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                     Martha Washington's Devil's Food

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Serving Size  : 1    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Cakes                            Chocolate

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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   4      ounces        Unsweetened Chocolate
   1      cup           Sugar
     1/2  cup           Buttermilk -- or sour milk
     1/2  cup           Cake Flour -- sifted
   1 1/2  teaspoons     Baking Powder
     3/4  teaspoon      Soda
     1/2  teaspoon      Salt
     1/2  cup           Butter -- or sbortening
     3/4  cup           Sugar
   3                    Eggs -- well beaten
   1      cup           Buttermilk -- or sour milk
   1      teaspoon      Vanilla

Melt chocolate over boiling water; add 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butterrmilk 
and stir over boiling water until sugar is dissolved. 
Cool. 
Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder, 
soda, and salt and sift together three times.  
Cream butter thoroughly  add 3/4 cup sugar gradually, 
and cream together until light and fluffy. 
Add eggs and beat well. Add about 1/4 of flour mixture, 
mix thoroughly; add chocolate mixture and blend. 
Add remaining flour, altenately with buttermilk, 
a small Amount at a time; beat very thoroughly after 
each addition. 
Add vanilla. 
Bake in greased 15x9x2- inch pan, in a moderate oven 
( 35O degrees F.) 30 minutes, or until cake is done. 
When cold, trim edges, cut in half crosswise, and put together 
as a two-layer cake, matching  edges carefully. 

Spread tops and sides with Martha Washington's Fudge Frosting 
(See recipe). 
Or add chopped nut meats to part of frosting and use as filling.

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