Devil's Food Cake

I wanted to make my own Devil's Food Cake from scratch, complete with icing.

Don't ask my why. I'm pretty sure none of us needed the extra calories.

I think it is because the photo in the cookbook just looked so appetizing.

Anyway, when I finally found some reasonably priced cocoa in the grocery last night, my resolve to make this sinful cake was strengthened. I noted down the other ingredients I would need for the cake and when we went to the grocery this afternoon, I picked up the odds and ends of ingredients I didn't have stocked at home.

When we got home from the grocery, MyGirl and I immediately started on our cake.

It was to be a two-layered cake with icing in between.

Since I had used two different types of round pans, it was only when I flipped the second cake on top of the first that I realised they were not exactly the same size.

It is a good thing that I had put the one with a larger diameter on the bottom.

(That was actually sheer luck.)

It was quite warm this afternoon and the butter was at room temperature (or a bit higher due to its proximity to the oven) when we made the icing. I didn't think of putting the bowl of icing in the ref while the cakes were cooling so it was kind of runny when we spread it over the cake.

The icing layer we had placed in between merged into the cakes making a moist filling. (So that's how it is done.) The filling looks so different from the icing on top that I would never have thought they were the same.

As I said, the icing was all runny. Right after I put the rest of the icing on the cake, it cascaded down the sides of the cakes and onto the aluminium foil-lined chopping board.

We had to dash off to anticipated mass and when we got back, we found a whole batch of the icing had dripped down the counter and onto the floor. (Oh well, that's a couple less calories for us to worry about.)

We placed the cake in the refrigerator and when the icing had firmed up a bit, MyGirl re-iced the cake.

We had the cake for dessert and I must say it was pretty good.

MyGirl and I are extremely proud of this cake.

Maybe next time we'll try to make Angel Food Cake. It will probably be as difficult to resist having seconds but it might be a tad less sinful.