Devils Food Cake With Fluffy Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Make Cake: Grease and flour three 9x2" round cake pans and line bottoms with waxed paper; set aside.
• Sift dry ingredients and set aside.
• Using medium speed of mixer, cream butter until smooth.
• Add sugar and beat until fluffy for 3 minutes.
• In separate bowl, beat egg yolks until thick and lemon colored for 2 minutes.
• Add beaten yolks to butter mix and beat well.
• Add chocolate, mixing well.
• Add dry ingredients in thirds, alternating with milk and vanilla.
• With each addition, beat until well mixed, but do not overbeat.
• Using a spatula, scrape down bowl, making sure ingredients are well blended and batter is smooth.
• In separate bowl, beat egg whites on high to soft peaks.
• Gently fold into batter.
• Divide batter into pans and bake at 350º for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool in pans 10 minutes.
• Remove from pans and cool completely on wire rack.
• Make Icing: Combine egg whites, sugar, water, corn syrup, salt in top of double boiler.
• Place over rapidly boiling water.
• Using high speed, beat constantly 6 to 8 minutes, or until icing stands in soft peaks.
• Remove from heat, add vanilla and beat 1 minute, or until icing has desired spreading consistency.
• Use immediately.
• On cooled cake, ice between layers, then ice top and sides of cake with seven minute icing.
• Sprinkle top and sides generously with coconut.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-inch round cake pans and line with parchment; butter parchment and dust pans with cocoa.
• Whisk boiling water into cocoa until smooth; whisk in sour cream. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
• In a large bowl, using a mixer, beat butter and 2 1/4 cups sugar on medium-high until fluffy and pale yellow. Beat in whole eggs, one at a time, until incorporated. With mixer on low, add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with 2 additions cocoa mixture, and beat until combined. Fold in 4 teaspoons vanilla.
• Divide batter among pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes, rotating pans halfway through. Transfer pans to wire racks and let cool completely. Remove cakes from pans and discard parchment. Trim cakes if desired.
• In a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of simmering water, whisk together remaining 1 1/2 cups sugar, egg whites, and corn syrup until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; using mixer, beat on high until stiff, fluffy peaks form, about 5 minutes. Fold in remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Transfer a cake layer to a serving plate and top with 1 cup frosting. Stack second cake on top and cover top and sides with remaining frosting.

Steps:

• Beat the butter and mayonnaise in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, on high, until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. With the mixer on low, slowly add the melted chocolate. Continue mixing on low speed until all of the chocolate is incorporated, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
• Turn off the mixer and add one-third of the sugar. Mix on low to combine, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl. Repeat until all of the sugar has been incorporated. Add the salt and continue to beat until the frosting is smooth and lightens slightly in color, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Use immediately or store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 hours or refrigerate for up to a week. Bring to room temperature before using chilled frosting.

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Sift cake flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, and salt together SEVERAL times.
• Beat eggs and add sour cream and sour milk. Fold in dry ingredients.
• Add vanilla. Pour into cake pan and bake at 350 degrees until.
• toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Top with Sour Cream.
• Filling, Fluffy White Frosting, and chopped walnuts.
• SOUR CREAM FILLING:.
• Mix together egg yolks, brown sugar, sour cream, and flour put in double boiler. Cook until the thickness of pudding. Add nuts if you like. Spread over top of Devils Food Cake.
• FLUFFY WHITE FROSTING:.
• Combine ingredients of sugar, light corn syrup, egg whites, water, cream of tartar, and vanilla in top of double boiler. Beat over rapidly boiling water with electric mixer until peaks form when beaters are.
• raised. Remove from heat and beat in vanilla.
• For larger cakes, use.
• 3 egg whites, 1 cup sugar, 3 Tbs. water, and 1/4 teaspoons flavoring.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 9-by-2-inch round cake pans; line bottoms with parchment paper. Butter parchment; dust with cocoa powder, tapping out excess.
• In a medium bowl, whisk cocoa with hot water until smooth. Whisk in sour cream; let cool. Into a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating to combine after each; scrape down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture in two parts, alternating with the cocoa mixture and beginning and ending with the flour; beat until combined.
• Divide batter between prepared pans (or cupcake tins); smooth with an offset spatula. Bake until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, 45 to 50 minutes (or 18 to 20 minutes for cupcakes).
• Transfer pans to a wire rack to cool 15 minutes. Invert cakes onto rack; peel off parchment. Re-invert cakes; let cool completely, top sides up.
• Make the frosting: Finely chop both the bittersweet and milk chocolates. Place into a mixing bowl. Set aside.
• In a small saucepan, bring heavy cream and corn syrup to a boil. Take off the heat and pour over chocolate. Let stand for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Starting in the center, whisk towards the edges of the bowl until the chocolate is smooth. Let cool at room temperature.
• Using a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, beat at medium speed and gradually add butter until frosting is smooth and silky.
• Using a serrated knife, trim tops of cake layers to make level. Transfer one of the layers to a cake turntable or platter to frost. With an offset spatula, spread top with 3/4 cup milk chocolate frosting. Place the second cake layer on top.
• For the crumb coat, spread the entire cake with a thin coat of frosting using an offset spatula. Chill for at least 30 minutes.
• Spread the entire cake with remaining frosting, swirling to coat in a decorative fashion. Serve immediately, or refrigerate, covered with a cake dome. Let sit at room temperature for about 20 minutes before serving.