Lemon Devil’s Food

Name: Lemon Devil’s Food
Ingredients: ½ pound brown sugar; 3 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; ¼ pound butter; 1 level teaspoon baking soda; pinch salt; 3 ounces plain flour; 1 ounce cornflour; ½ pound softened butter; grated rind and juice of 2 lemons; 3 egg whites, beaten until stiff; 10 ounces icing sugar; 2 tablespoons grand marnier (optional); ¼ pint milk; 3 tablespoons water; 3 level tablespoons sugar; 3 tablespoons cocoa

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Great Dishes of the World

By Robert Carrier

Published 1963

About

Ingredients

3 tablespoons cocoa
3 level tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoon

Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

The Cake

Combine cocoa, sugar and water in top of double saucepan and cook over water, stirring, until smooth and thick. Stir in milk and vanilla essence; blend well and set aside to cool.

Cream butter and sugar. Beat in egg yolks one at a time; then beat in chocolate mixture. Sift flour and cornflour 3 times with baking soda and salt and beat into cake mixture.

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