Rich Devil’s Food Cake

Rich Devil’s Food Cake

 

Ingredients:

• 5 ounces butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs separated
• ½ cup sour cream
• 1 tsp heaped soda bi carb
• 2 tbsp heaped coco powder
• 2-1/2 cups flour
• A pinch of salt
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• 1 cup boiling water

For Icing:

• 3 ounces butter
• 1 ½ cups icing sugar
• 2 tbsp coco powder
• 1 tsp vanilla essence
• ¼ cup milk or cream

Method:

For Cake :

• 1. Beat butter and sugar together. Add egg yolks, beat well.Combine sour cream and baking soda.Mix into butter mixture. Dissolve coco in boiling powderAdd to butter mixture, stir in vanilla essence then add sifted flour and salt. Mix well. Finally whisk in egg whites to stiff peaks and fold into batter.Pour batter into greased pan and bake for 40 mins on 180 C.

For Icing:

• Sift icing sugar, coco. Beat butter, add sifted icing sugar. Beat until smooth. Add milk or cream.Beat until spreading. Spread over baked cake.