Devil's Food Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 9 tablespoons cocoa
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 4 eggs, unbeaten
• 2/3 cup sour milk
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water, boiling
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 dash salt
• 1/2 cup water
• 3 tablespoons corn syrup
• 2 egg whites
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint flavoring

Recipe

• 1 cream butter and sugar, add eggs.
• 2 mix milk, soda, and vanilla, mix well.
• 3 add flour, mix well.
• 4 batter will be very thin.
• 5 pour into a greased and floured 9x 13 cake pan.
• 6 bake at 350* for 45 minute.
• 7 frost with peppermint chocolate flavored frosting.
• 8 cook sugar, salt, water and corn syrup to the soft ball stage (238 degrees). remove mixture from heat.
• 9 beat egg whites quickly with a rotary beater.
• 10 pour hot syrup slowly in a fine steam over egg whites, beating constantly. add peppermint and continue beating until frosting stands up in peaks. quickly spread on cake.
• 11 on a rainy or humid day, boil syrup to higher temperature.
• 12 if frosting hardens before spreading, beat in a few drops of hot water.
• 13 make frosting for top and sides of two 9 inch layer cakes.