Sweet - Cakes - Devil's Food Cake

Super moist, rich, chocolaty awesome. This cake is different from most because you add the flour in first with the water, before adding the eggs. It's a damn good chocolate cake, and I highly recommend you try it!

Ingredients:
*This will produce enough batter for 2 cakes

470 g sugar
160 g butter (softened)
5 g salt
5 g vanilla extract
320 g pastry flour
90 g cocoa powder
40 g whole milk powder
10 g baking powder
5 g baking soda
320 ml water
250 g (5) whole eggs, room temp

*sift pastry flour, cocoa powder, milk powder, baking powder and baking soda together
**to make milk from powdered milk you add 3tbsp powder(~40g) to 1 cup water(~220), so can substitute regular milk instead of powder by decreasing the amount of water you add to the recipe.

To Make:

-Make sure all ingredients are room temperature before starting.

-Cream the butter, sugar and salt on medium speed until creamy, about 2-3 mins. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed.

-Add all of the sifted dry ingredients to the butter mixture, and mix on low speed until incorporated, remembering to scrape down sides of bowl occasionally. Slowly add water while mixing. After 1 minute increase to medium speed and mix for about 5 minutes, until the batter gets lighter in color.

-After the 5 minutes, add the eggs one at a time while mixing on medium speed, making sure each is fully incorporated. Once done, mix for one additional minute at high speed.

-Grease 2 round 9-inch cake pans (or 3 7-inch ones) and place parchment paper on bottom. Evenly distribute batter into the pans, and smooth out the top as much as possible so it won't end up lumpy after baking.


To Bake:

-Preheat oven to 350F.

-Bake 30-40 mins. When finished it should bounce back if touched (not sink) and should pull away from the sides of the pan slightly.

-Let cool for 5 mins, then flip cake over onto a cool tray and chill in fridge or freezer until at room temp. When the middle of the cake has chilled sufficiently you're ready to frost to your heart's content!