Dessert Recipes - Devil's Delight Cake Recipe

Ingredients

•  4 squares Hershey's Baking Chocolate, melted

• 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed

• 1 cup milk

• 1 egg yolk

• 1/3 cup butter

• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

• 2 egg yolks

• 2 cups sifted cake flour

• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 tsp baking soda

• 1/2 cup milk

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 3 egg whites

• 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed Orange slices sprinkled with minced nutmeats and minced citron or candied ginger for garnishes         

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Method:

1. Combine melted baking chocolate with 2/3 cup brown sugar, 1 cup milk and 1 beaten egg yolk, and stir over simmering water until well blended. Cool slightly.

2. Cream butter, then add 1/2 cup brown sugar gradually, while beating constantly. Add 2 egg yolks well-beaten.

3. Sift flour, salt and baking soda 3 times, and add to creamed mixture alternately with 1/2 cup milk, beating thoroughly. Add chocolate mixture and vanilla, and beat.

4. Beat egg whites until foamy; gradually add 1/2 cup brown sugar and beat until stiff. Fold into batter. Pour into 2 buttered and floured 9-inch round cake pans.

5. Bake in a moderate oven (350°F) for 35 minutes. Spread layers and top with any favorite frosting, and garnish with Grange slices, sprinkled with minced nutmeats and minced citron or candied ginger.