This post may contain affiliate sales links. Please devil’s food cake cookies my full disclaimer policy for details. If you love chocolate cake, you have to try this sinfully delicious recipe for Devil’s Food Cake!
It’s an old-fashioned recipe that’s intensely rich, moist yet dense, and totally decadent! Exploding with rich chocolate flavor and covered in chocolate frosting, it’s sure to become your favorite chocolate cake recipe! If you love chocolate cake, you have to try this sinfully delicious recipe for Devil’s Food Cake! It’s an old-fashioned recipe that’s intensely rich, moist yet dense, and totally decadent! Exploding with rich chocolate flavor and covered in chocolate frosting, it’s sure to become your favorite chocolate cake recipe! Can you believe when I was a kid I refused to eat this cake because the I thought the name was weird? I was really scared of the devil.
And I wanted NOTHING to do with his cake. A little fact my mom would be very proud of! But seriously, the amount of years I passed over this cake kills me! Thankfully, I know better now and this quirky named but totally delicious dessert is now on regular rotation in our household! What the heck is Devil’s Food Cake?
I absolutely love knowing the history behind recipes and their names, so naturally I had to investigate the origins of Devil’s Food Cake and share with you! So here’s the deal: Devil’s Food Cake rose in popularity in the 1900’s. A time when it was very normal to give desserts dramatic names! Many believe the name was inspired by the cakes slightly red hue and sinfully decadent nature.
Although it’s certainly a lot less devilishly red than red velvet cake! It’s more an orangey red from the cocoa powder. One of the few solid facts available is that in 1902, the recipe was published for the first time in an American cookbook called Mrs. The recipe was developed by Sarah Tyson Rorer’s and it quickly spread across the country, becoming staple dessert in many households. And the rest, as they say, is history!
What Ingredients do I need for Devils’ Food Cake? Because I wanted this cake to be easy for any baker to whip up, I developed this recipe with an emphasis on using basic ingredients almost everyone has on hand, or can find easily at their local grocery! The dry ingredients are all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. This flour mixture should be sifted before adding it to the batter! This extra step helps avoid any large lumps or pockets of dry ingredients, which could lead to over mixing. This combination yields an extremely moist cake!
And unfortunately, I cannot recommend substitutes if you want your cake to come out exactly like this one! That said, full-fat Greek yogurt can work as a sour cream substitute in a pinch. It won’t be exactly the same, but it’s as close as you’re going to get! The frosting for this cake is a true star! Made with high-quality chopped chocolate, heavy cream, butter, vanilla, and just a touch of corn syrup. It’s thick, not too sweet, and melts in your mouth!