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       Title: RICH DEVIL'S FOOD LAYER CAKE & FROSTING
  Categories: Cakes
       Yield: 10 Servings
  
       4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
     1/2 c  Water
            Stick unsalted butter
       1 c  Sugar
     1/2 c  Light brown sugar
       1 ts Vanilla
            Eggs
       2 c  Sifted all-purp flour
       1 ts Baking soda
     1/4 ts Salt
     2/3 c  Sweet or sour milk
            -----7-minute frosting-----
       2 oz Semisweet chocolate
       1 oz Unsweetened chocolate
            Egg whites
   1 1/2 c  Sugar
     1/4 ts Cream of tartar
     1/3 c  Cold water
       1 pn Salt
       1 ts Vanilla
  
   Preheat oven 350 deg. Butter and flour 2 round 9″ cake pans. Melt chocolate
   and 1/2c water in top of double boiler. Let cool. Cream butter, sugar, and
   brown sugar together until light and fluffy, about 5 mins. Add vanilla and
   eggs, one at a time. Beat well after each addition. Beat in chocolate and
   mix well. Sift together flour, soda, and salt. Add flour to batter,
   alternating with milk, stir by hand just until batter is completely
   blended. Bake cakes 30-35 mins or until tester inserted comes out clean.
   Let cool on racks. Turn out the layers and allow to cool while you prepare
   frosting. Frosting: Melt chocolate over hot water, allow to cool. Place egg
   whites, sugar, cream of tartar, cold water, and salt in top of double
   boiler. Beat with electric mixer, 1 min. Place pan over steaming water (but
   not boiling) and continue beating for around 7 mins or until mixture is
   very thick and fluffy. Off the heat, fold in by hand the vanilla and melted
   chocolates. Place one cake layer on your serving dish and coat with
   frosting. Place on second layer and top with more frosting. Coat sides of
   cake as well.
  
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