Sour milk devil's food cake

6 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2cupsBrown sugar
½cupShortening
2Eggs, well beaten
1cupWhey or sour milk
1teaspoonBaking soda
1teaspoonBaking powder
½cupCocoa
1teaspoonVanilla
¼teaspoonSalt
cupFlour

Directions

Cream sugar and shortening. Add eggs and beat thoroughly. Add flavoring. Sift flour, measure, and sift with baking soda, baking powder, cocoa, and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately with whey or sour milk to first mixture. Blend thoroughly but lightly. Allow to stand a few minutes. Pour into well-oiled layer cake pans. Bake in moderate oven (375 F) about 20 minutes. Put layers together with chocolate fudge icing containing chopped raisins. Olive C. Leary, Hastings. MI.