Devil's Food Cake Recipe

A delicious chocolate cake, sometimes called Devil's Food, is made as

follows: cream three-quarters of a cup of butter with one cup of sugar,

and add the beaten yolks of two eggs. Sift several times one and

one-half cups of flour with two scant teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and

stir in, alternating with half a cup of milk. Flavor with three

tablespoonfuls of cocoa (or two squares of unsweetened chocolate,

grated), and half a teaspoonful of vanilla, and lastly add the two

whites, beaten stiff. Bake in two layers, and put together with white

icing.

Any child with care and a little practice should be able to bake

successfully any of the recipes given. They are not expensive, and yet

if properly put together will make cake light and nice enough to offer

any guest. The first, of course, is a trifle cheaper, but the others

will give a good variety for any company, and when she has learned to

make them so they turn out well every time, she will have made a great

advance in her cooking lessons. Then by simply changing her icing she

can have as many different kinds as the family desire.