Devil’s Food Cake

Name: Devil’s Food Cake
Yield: Makes One 9- or 10-inch Cake
Ingredients: Room-temperature butter and flour for preparing pan; ¼ teaspoon salt; ½ cup butter, sliced, at room temperature; 6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 1 cup sour cream; ¾ cup sugar; 3 eggs, beaten; 1 cup cake flour; 1½ teaspoons baking soda; ½ teaspoon baking powder

Preparation info

Makes
One
9- or 10 inch Cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking

By James Peterson

Published 2007

About

The secret to making a devil’s food cake that is better than the next person’s is to use the best chocolate you can find. Valrhona chocolate made in France and Scharffen Berger chocolate made in Berkeley California, are two excellent choices. Callebaut chocolate from Belgium is also good.

Ingredients

Room-temperature butter and flour for preparing pan
1 cup cake flour
1½ teaspoons bakin

Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan. Coat the pan with flour, tapping out the excess.

In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt an