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Devil Dog Cake Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Mountainmama / All my dishes 1 year, 3 months ago This is my second time making this recipe. My family is so crazy about the cake that I wanted to share my "tweaks". This time I used a 9 in round pan, which was better. I made the full icing recipe (not half), and cut the cooled cake in hal... More Prep:30m Cook:55m Servings:6	Mountainmam
	a rich dark chocolate cake

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Ingredients

For cake:

2 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process) plus additional for dusting

1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 sticks unsalted butter, softened

1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 1/3 cups water

For frosting:

2 large egg whites

1/2 cup sugar

1/4 cup light corn syrup

2 tablespoons water

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Directions

Make cake:

Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Butter and flour an 8-inch square cake pan (2 inches deep).

Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

Beat together butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until pale and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well, then beat in vanilla. Add flour mixture and water alternately in batches, beginning and ending with flour mixture and mixing until just combined.

Pour batter into cake pan and smooth top, then bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 55 minutes. Cool in pan on a rack 1 hour. Transfer cake to a cake plate.

Make frosting:

Combine frosting ingredients with a pinch of salt in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water and beat with a handheld electric mixer at high speed until frosting is thick and fluffy, 6 to 7 minutes. Remove bowl from heat and continue to beat until slightly cooled. Mound frosting on top of cake. Dust with additional cocoa powder.

notes:

• Cake, without frosting, will improve in flavor if made 1 day ahead. Cool, then keep, wrapped in plastic wrap, at room temperature. Frost cake just before serving.

• The egg whites in the frosting are not fully cooked. You can substitute pasteurized or reconstituted dried egg whites if salmonella is a problem in your area.

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chefelaine 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Wonderful recipe! Thanks so much for sharing! FIVE! :+D

henrie 1 year, 3 months ago said:
Yum and so pretty too Karen. You have my 5 forks, can hardly wait to make this, love chocolate and this sounds so chocolately.

ttaaccoo 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Sounds fabulous mountainmamma thank you.

greentreefrogs 1 year, 1 month ago said:
OH WOW this is beautiful and I love it! "FIVE FORKS"

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