- prep: 30 min
- cook: 25 min
- total: 55 min
Summary
Perfect Devil's Food Cake from Cooks' Illustrated
Ingredients
- 8 oz. (2 quarter pound sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1½ cups packed dark brown sugar
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 3 eggs, room temperature
- 4 oz. (4 squares) good quality unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 4 Tbsp. good quality cocoa powder
- 1¼ cups boiling water
- ½ cup sour cream
- ¾ cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup cake flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
- 3-4 cups of your favorite frosting
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 10
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 729 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 43 g 66.51%
- Saturated Fat: 25 g 126.31%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 65 mg 21.66%
- Sodium: 477 mg 19.89%
- Calcium: 54 mg 5.43%
- Potassium: 169 mg 4.83%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 4 mg 21.11%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 80 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 3 g 11.4%
- Sugar: 53 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 14.54%
- Vitamin C 0%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat9
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs4
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total2 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq