Deluxe Devil's Food Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 3/4 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 3 eggs
• 2 2/3 cups icing sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/3 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 egg yolk
• 1/3 cup hot water

Recipe

• 1 in a bowl sift together flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, cocoa, salt, sugar.
• 2 add butter.
• 3 then pour in water and vanilla essence.
• 4 beat with an electric beater for 2 minutes on high or with a hand beater for 250 strokes.
• 5 add eggs and beat 2 minutes or 250 strokes with hand beater.
• 6 pour into a 33cm x 23cm x 5cm oblong pan lined with greaseproof paper.
• 7 bake at 180°c for 35-40 minutes or until cooked.
• 8 cool on wire rack in pan.
• 9 ice in pan with deluxe chocolate icing.
• 10 deluxe chocolate icing:.
• 11 sift together icing sugar, cocoa and salt.
• 12 add butter, egg yolk and hot water.
• 13 beat until smooth and easy to spread.