The title of this post, which is a riff off of the Van Halen song "Runnin' with the Devil," gives you a hint about this month's cake. Indeed, this month's bake with the Cake Slice Bakers is a chocoholic's dream - Devils Food cake. It's also the cake featured on the cover of our cookbook selection, World Class Cakes by Roger Pizey. I used dark cocoa powder in both the cake and the frosting, which made it extra rich but not too sweet.
The kids and I had the day off from school and work in observance of Martin Luther King Day, so I figured we could kill some time by baking this cake together. It all started out great. The kids were cooperating, taking turns adding ingredients.
But that cooperative spirit quickly turned into the kids fighting over who was going to stand on the stool. Par for the course when baking with kids, right?
After one kid pushed the other off of the stool, I kicked them out of the kitchen and finished the baking myself. The house smelled wonderful while the cake was baking. Right out of the oven, I could see how delicious it would be.
While the cake cooled, I made the frosting. The recipe calls for a frosting that involves eggs, and I'm just not a fan of that style of frosting. Instead, I went with a basic chocolate buttercream. Apparently I had lost my focus while making the frosting and accidentally began to sift the cocoa powder into the powdered sugar canister. Oops!
The cake turned out perfectly. It was magnificently tall at three layers. It was moist but fluffy. My husband, who is typically not a fan of buttercream frosting, loved this frosting recipe. While the cookbook author decorated his cake with large chocolate shavings, I felt that that would have been too much; instead, I went with a light dusting of chocolate shavings. It was just right.
Devil's Food Cake
Cake Ingredients: 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa 1/2 cup boiling water 3/4 cup whole milk 1 1/3 cup butter, softened 2 1/3 cups sugar 1 T vanilla extract 4 eggs 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt Frosting Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened 4½ to 5 cups powdered sugar 4 Tablespoon cocoa 1 teaspoons vanilla 5 Tablespoons heavy cream or milk, I prefer heavy cream ¼ teaspoon salt
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Jennifer
1/20/2017 08:33:51 am
Thanks, Gina! I think this could very well be my go to Devils Food Cake recipe. I had pinned the frosting recipe awhile ago and finally tried it. It's wonderful! There's a banana cake that I make (from one of the previous Cake Slice Bakers book choices), and I think it would be fabulous with this chocolate frosting.
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Jennifer
1/20/2017 06:10:53 pm
Carlee - it really is always the way with kids, isn't it? :)
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Jennifer
1/22/2017 07:17:48 am
Emily - I have been thinking I need to buy a donut pan. DFK donuts? YES!
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1/21/2017 12:16:10 pm
Sounds like something my kids would have done when they were little! Oh and yeah, I would have kicked them out kitchen too! At least now they know how it's going to go the next time they can't get along!
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Jennifer
1/22/2017 07:18:33 am
Thanks, Anabel! What is so funny is that we have several stools, but they both insisted on being on the same one!
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Jennifer
1/22/2017 07:19:26 am
Thanks, Elle! It's amazing what an extra layer can do for a cake. Not much more work, yet quite a payoff in presentation!
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Kitchen Flavours
1/23/2017 01:19:34 am
Looks like this is a popular choice for TCS bakers! Your cake looks delicious! Made me smile reading about your kids helping out. It will be one of the precious memories when they grow up, they will look back on it with a smile themselves, even though they might fight over it now! :)
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Jennifer
1/24/2017 06:44:45 am
Thank you! Let's hope the kids remember the fun parts about baking together and not getting kicked out of the kitchen! :)
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Yep, that was the story of my kitchen when mine were younger except I had four all wanting to be the main baker :). Every month we have such great choices, and I always second think my choice after I see what everyone has baked. Your delicious cake definitely has me thinking that I need to go back and bake the rest on the list.
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