Sleepy Creek Tree Farm
Bed and Breakfast

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Heritage Recipe

Devil's Food Cake
with Mocha Icing

This recipe is from my mother's cookbook. It's easy to find her favorite recipes. These are the pages with all the stains from spills and splatters; she was a wonderful cook. Her specialty was baking and she wasn't afraid to try anything. She cooked with pride and love... everything tasted great! ...Kerry Noon

Ingredients - Cake:

2 cups brown sugar

1/2 cup shortening

2 eggs, well beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla

2-1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/3 cup cocoa

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 cup sour milk

Ingredients - Mocha Frosting:

1/4 cup butter

2 cups confectioner's sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 Tablespoons warm coffee

Cake: Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Add vanilla. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking soda, baking powder, cocoa, and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately with sour milk to first mixture. Blend thoroughly but lightly. Allow to stand a few minutes. Pour into a well-oiled layer cake pan. Bake in 375 degrees oven for about 20 minutes. Put layers together with mocha frosting.

Frosting: Cream butter and sugar. Stir in vanilla. Add coffee gradually until frosting is of spreading consistency. Frost cake. Serve with a confident smile!

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