Devils Food Sour Cream Pound Cake

DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE-SOUR CREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter 2 9-inch round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl and set aside. Bring 1 1/4 cups water and the milk to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add the sugar, increase the speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, stop to scrape down the sides of the bowl occasionally, about 4 minutes. Add the cocoa and vanilla, and beat at medium speed for 1 minute. Reduce the speed to medium-low and add the eggs, one at a time, and beat for 1 minute between each addition. Reduce the mixer to low and beat in the flour in four additions. Carefully pour the hot milk mixture into the batter. Use a rubber spatula to stir until smooth. Evenly divide batter between the prepared pans and lightly tap the pans on the counter.
• Bake until the cakes begin to pull away from sides of the pan and the centers spring back to the touch, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Invert onto the rack and cool completely.
• For the frosting: Bring about 1-inch of water to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Put the milk and semisweet chocolates in a heatproof bowl that sits comfortably in the saucepan without touching the water. Stir occasionally until the chocolate completely melts and is smooth. Let cool slightly and then stir in the sour cream, coffee and vanilla until smooth. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until the frosting is silky and fluffy. (Use the frosting right away as it will become firm as it sits.)
• Put one cake layer on a serving plate or platter spread about one-third of the frosting all the way to the edge of the cake. Put the second cake layer on top. Frost the top and sides with the remaining frosting.

SOUR CREAM DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F/180 C/Gas Mark 4.
• Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix to blend thoroughly.
• In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir the baking soda into the sour cream or buttermilk.
• Add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture alternating with the sour cream mixture; beat well after each addition.
• In a cup or small bowl, combine the cocoa powder with the hot water; mix until smooth.
• Add the cocoa and hot water mixture to the batter along with the vanilla; beat until smooth.
• Spread the batter in the prepared cake pans.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the cake springs back when touched lightly with a finger.
• Cool in the pans on racks for 10 minutes. Carefully remove the cakes and cool completely on the racks.
• Frost with chocolate or fluffy white frosting, or your favorite icing.
• Serve and enjoy!

DEVIL'S FOOD SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. These are the 2 Bundt pans that I used. You may want to use a 18 cup capacity Bundt Pan if you do not have 2 smaller ones. If so increase the baking time to 1 1/2 hours or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. The pan in front is called DIMENSIONS BELL 11 CUP CAPACITY & the one in the rear is called HORIZON & IS A 10 CUP CAPACITY.
• 2. Cream butter or shortening & sugar together until creamy. Then add in cake enhancer & sour cream, & beat until light and fluffy.
• 3. Measure out the coffee that is needed for the cake. This is also the chocolate and coffee extracts that I used.
• 4. Add in the eggs one at a time beating well after each addition. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda in a medium bowl then set aside till needed.
• 5. Now alternate the flour mixture with the coffee in 3 intervals, beating well after each addition. Scrape down sides of bowl as you go. Repeat until all has been added, and batter is creamy and smooth.
• 6. Spray cake pans liberally with Bakers Joy, then evenly divide cake batter between the 2 Bundt pans. Make sure there is at least 1 1/2 to 2 inches of space left in the pan to allow for the cake to rise during baking. Otherwise it may over flow.
• 7. Bake in preheated 325 degree F. oven for 1 hour if using a 10 to 11 cup Bundt pan. Or 1 1/2 hours if using a large 16-18 cup Bundt pan, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean
• 8. Remove from oven when done, allow to sit at least 7-10 minutes then invert onto a cake platter or plate. Dust with Powdered sugar, or frost . Cut serve & enjoy.
• 9. May also serve with Fresh Fruit and glaze if desired , top with whipped topping.

THE ULTIMATE DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment rounds; butter parchment. Stir together boiling water, cocoa, and chocolate in a bowl. Let cool 10 minutes. Whisk together flour, baking powder and soda, and salt in another bowl.
• In a mixing bowl, beat butter with sugar on medium-high until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, scraping down sides of bowl. Beat in vanilla, then chocolate mixture. Reduce speed to low; beat in flour mixture in two additions, alternating with sour cream, until just combined.
• Divide batter evenly between prepared pans, smoothing tops with an offset spatula. Bake until a tester inserted in centers comes out with moist crumbs attached, 35 to 40 minutes.
• Let cakes cool in pans on a wire rack 20 minutes. Turn out onto rack, top-sides up; let cool completely. With a serrated knife, trim tops of cakes so they're level.
• Line the edges of a cake stand or plate with strips of parchment. Place one cake layer on stand, trimmed-side up, and spread 1 1/2 cups buttercream evenly over top. Top with remaining cake layer, trimmed-side down.
• Spread a thin layer of buttercream over top and sides. Refrigerate until firm, about 30 minutes (this ensures a crumb-free finish). Spread remaining frosting evenly over top and sides. Cake can be stored in refrigerator up to 1 day; bring to room temperature before serving.

DEVIL'S FOOD POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan or tube pan.
• 2. Combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, milk, and melted butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat at medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping down sides of bowl once during beating. Pour into pan.
• 3. Bake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 25 minutes. Invert onto heat resistant serving plate. Cool completely.
• 4. Slice and serve topped with cherry pie filling and whipped cream.
• 5. For a glaze, heat canned frosting in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly until thin. OR, microwave on high for 10 to 15 seconds. Do not overheat. Drizzle over cake. Top with chopped nuts if desired.