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Title: Devil's Food Cake Cockaigne
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 12 Servings

4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c Milk
1 c Light sugar; firmly packed
2 c Cake flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 Egg yolk
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Butter
1 c Sugar; sifted
2 Egg yolk
1/4 c Water
1/2 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla
2 Egg whites

Preheat oven to 350?F.

Custard:

Cook and stir in a double boiler over--not in--boiling water the
unsweetened chocolate, milk, brown sugar, and 1 egg yolk. Remove
from heat when thickened.

Have other ingredients at about 70?F. Sift before measuring 2 cups
of cake flour. Resift with baking soda and salt. Beat the butter
until soft then beat in the egg yolks on at a time. Add the flour
to the mixture in 3 parts alternating with a mixture of the water,
milk, and vanilla. Stir the batter until smooth after each edition.
Stir in the chocolate custard.

Whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold lightly into cake
batter. Bake in greased pans for about 25 minutes. Spread, when
cool with caramel icing.

Recipe FROM: The Joy of Cooking, 1995

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