Easy and rich devils food cake recipe with step by step pictures. Delicious chocolate cake with the rich chocolate frosting.
Devils Food Cake Recipe
Hai Friends. Hope you are having a great week. I have posted the recipe of chocoholic chocolate frosting(Please click on the hyperlink for recipe) before and it was a huge hit with you...This is the cake which I frosted with that icing. This is one of Nigella Lawson’s recipe...I want to make this from the first time I watched her video.
I waited so long to post this recipe and really excited about this one..I can tell you this is one of the best chocolate cake I have ever made..I made this and took few pieces to office and they all loved it. Few weeks back I posted Angel Cake recipe.. But this cake is entirely different. It is dark and chocolaty and rich cake. Hence the name.
Ingredients for Devils Food Cake
- All Purpose Flour-1 ½ cup
- Oil-100 ml
- Eggs-2
- Sugar-1 cup
- Cocoa-50 gms
- Brown sugar-¾ cup
- Baking soda-1 tsp
- Baking powder-1 tsp
- Vanilla-1 tsp
- Chocoholic Chocolate frosting as needed for icing
How to Make Devils Food Cake
- Preheat the oven to 180°C(350°F). Butter two baking pan and dust it with flour and set aside..
- Take 250 ml of water in a sauce pan and bring that to boil.Take it off the heat and add in brown sugar and cocoa and mix well.
- Add baking powder and baking soda to flour and mix well.
- Beat oil, sugar, vanilla together. Add in half of the flour mixture and mix well..
- Add in one egg and beat well. Throw in the remaining half of the flour and mix well..
- final egg and mix till combined.
- Pour in the cocoa brown sugar mixture and mix well.
- Divide this batter in two tin and bake this for 30-35 mins or until the skewer comes out clean.
- Let it cool before you take it out of the tin...Let this cool completely on the wire rack before icing. Get your icing done.
- Take the cake and add a dollop of this frosting. Sandwich with other cake and cover the entire cake with this frosting. Refrigerate till serving. Slice and serve.
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Devils Food Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour-1 ½ cup
- Oil-100 ml
- Eggs-2
- Sugar-1 cup
- Cocoa-50 gms
- Brown sugar-¾ cup
- Baking soda-1 tsp
- Baking powder-1 tsp
- Vanilla-1 tsp
- Chocoholic Chocolate frosting as needed for icing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C(350°F)...Butter two baking pan and dust it with flour and set aside..
- Take 250 ml of water in a sauce pan and bring that to boil.Take it off the heat and add in brown sugar and cocoa and mix well..
- Add baking powder and baking soda to flour and mix well..
- Beat oil,sugar,vanilla together..Add in half of the flour mixture and mix well..
- Add in one egg and beat well..Throw in the remaining half of the flour and mix well..
- Add in the final egg and mix till combined..
- Pour in the cocoa brown sugar mixture and mix well..
- Divide this batter in two tin and bake this for 30-35 mins or until the skewer comes out clean..
- Let it cool before you take it out of the tin...Let this cool completely on the wire rack before icing.
- Get your icing done...
- Take the cake and add a dollop of this frosting..Sandwich with other cake and cover the entire cake with this frosting...
- Refrigerate till serving...Slice and serve...
Video
Devils Food Cake Step by Step
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| take all your ingredients |
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| Mix brown sugar, cocoa in hot water and set aside |
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| Mix Baking powder and Baking soda with flour and set aside |
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| Take Vanilla,Sugar and Oil in a bowl |
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| Beat it together |
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| add half of the flour mixture |
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| and one egg... |
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| add the remaining flour mixture |
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| add the another egg |
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| now add in the cocoa mixture |
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| mix well |
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| Prepare a tin... |
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| Pour the batter in two tin (Sorry i have a small oven so i have to do it twice) |
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| Bake it to perfection |
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| Let the cake cool in wire rack |
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| Now take the icing and dollop of the cake |
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| Spread it evenly |
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| Sandwich with other cake and add some more frosting |
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| Spread evenly |
Stefania
very gorgeous cake!!
Pretend Chef
Still have your frosting on my must make list. Great cake recipe to go with it. Can't wait to give this a try. Yummy!
Radhika
I definitely want a slice and hope you don't mind sharing Girl. Jeeeez.it looks so sinful and decadent.
yummylittlecooks
Can I have a piece please! Looks so yummy !!
LAURA
Che torta golosa, troppo buona è un peccato di gola che non si può rinunciare!!!
Baci
Sobha Shyam
wow, the cake is so tempting and can't resist to have something chocolaty now :)...always like ur detailed explanations with pics...awesome recipe and cake..
Priya
Super delicious cake,prefect for a chocoholic person like me..
Lizzy
I'm always looking for new chocolate cakes to try...and this one looks moist and wonderful! And that frosting is so gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing~
Ricki Jill Treleaven
This sounds so yummy. Wow!!! I want to bake this with gluten free flour.
Dzoli
Would you beleive that I could eat whole cake by myself.I am true chocolic:)
Amelia's De-ssert
Aarthi, your chocolate cake looks so awesome, I want a big slice to goes with my coffee.
Aarthi
Stefania..Thanks dear
Pretend chef…I hope you try it soon
Radhika…I never mind…Come over here I can give you the whole cake
Yummy Little Cooks…Ofcourse you can dear
Laura…Thanks for your lovely comment
Hamaree Thanks dear
Sunshine…I am really happy that you are going to try this cake…
Sobha,Priya, Krithi…Thanks dear
@Lizzy..Thanks dear…I am glad that you liked my cake..
Ricki…yes could do that
Dzoli…he he..I too can do that but my siblings wont allow me dear
Amelia…Sure I can give you…Come over here
martinealison
Hummmmmm! J'en ai l'eau à la bouche maintenant!
gros bisous
Diane {Created by Diane}
This looks like one delicious cake, and the frosting tops it off wonderfully!
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog 🙂
Tina
beautiful cake dear...
RAKS KITCHEN
Yummy yummy! Would love to have a bite!
The Pumpkin Farm
Wow Aarthi, I had seen this recipe on Nigella's kitchen. What a replication. Love your step by step guide.
Pradnya
Beth Michelle
Yum this looks wonderful!! Nothing like having a perfect chocolate cake recipe (and frosting) on hand! Im so glad you found my blog and made it so I can find yours too!!
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Kristy Lynn
i neeeeeeeeeeeeeed it!
Cakelaw
What a fabulous cake - and look at all of that devine frosting just waiting to be licked!
Aarthi
martinealison …Thanks for your comment dear…
Diane…you are welcome dear..
Tina..Thanks dear..
Raks Kitchen…Thanks dear…
The Pumpkin Farm..yes dear…I am great fan of nigella..Thank you so much for your lovely comment
Beth…Thanks dear..you are always welcome..
Brinkka…Thank u so much for such a lovely comment…These kind of comments make me more energetic…Keep checking my blog..
Archana…yes ofcourse you can take entire cake dear..WOW…I ma really happy that your kid liked my cake…
Kristy…take it dear..
Cakelaw…yes after the cake got over I took that plate and did the same thing dear...
Sky Octo LNB
Wow, what a beautiful chocolate frosting. I'm just a fiend for all things chocolate and I love that you used honey instead of raw sugar. I'll try on my next cake .... very soon. Excellent recipe!
Anonymous
Your pictorials are amazing which makes it an inspiration to cook o' cook!! Great work... simple yet well explained... just love to watch over daily your recipes..thanks a lot!
Anonymous
Can you please tell me what will be the procedure if we want to baked in microwave oven.
Praba Arun
You have baked so many types of cake, awesome Aarthi. Can I bake this as a single cake and then slice it into two and frost it? Does it make any difference? Thanks.
Aarthi
@Praba ArunI dont sugeest u to do that, because it may crack. But you can use bigger pan and bake
Aarthi
@Praba ArunI dont sugeest u to do that, because it may crack. But you can use bigger pan and bake
Aarthi
@AnonymousIf you oven has convection mode, then you can, or you cannot
Anonymous
Oopps!! Na I don't have a convection mode. Anways thanks
Fathima
this cake is really making me guilty during diet days...i cudnt control..yummmmmmmy...going to try now...:)
Anonymous
Is there any alternative 4 eggs? I want a good choco cake bt eggless. Bt im always disappointed. Also tell me if we can steam ths cake instead of baking.. love d frosting recipe.. following ur blog frm now onwards
Aarthi
@Anonymouscheck this out
https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/07/eggless-chocolate-cake-recipe.html
will soon share a steamed chocolate cake
Anonymous
Simply delicious
Devil's Food Cake Recipe
My sister's favorite was the Devil's food cake recipe that she got from one of her friends. She always talks about it whenever we meet! I’m definitely making this! thanks for sharing!
Ihjaz Ahmad
Jamila Inayat
Hii aarthi.. Can i use normal white sugar in place of brown sugar
Aarthi
@Jamila Inayatyes u can use normal sugar
Anonymous
can we use the beater to mix the eggs and sugar or it should be done only in spatula
Kaviarasi Muthu
Even my oven is small so is it okay to divide the batter into two and bake one batch after the other ? Will the two cakes be of the same texture? Coz many ppl told me not to let the batter wait once it's mixed...
Kaviarasi Muthu
Even my oven is small.. I can bake one tin at a time only.. Is it all right to allow the batter to wait till the first batch gets baked? Will the cake texture be the same for two batters?
Aarthi
@Kaviarasi Muthuyes it can wait till the first is baked
Aarthi
@Anonymousu can use a beater to whip the eggs and sugar
shanzae tahir
hi...i made this cake several times but each time my cake breaks and sinks from the middle...what could i be doing wrong?
Aarthi
@shanzae tahirthe raising agent which you add is too much or the cake pan may be too small. or the oven door is opened inbetween baking
Manju
Hi arthi
Can u pls tell me the measurement of cocoa powder in terms of spoon or cup..?
Aarthi
@Manjucocoa is aroudn 1/2 cup
Anonymous
hey...
why you have used brown sugar, im a new learner in baking area so iwant to know why ?
p.s:
Ihave tried many recipes of yours and non turned bad..Best of luck <3
karishma
Instead of brown sugar,can we use white sugar or jaggery
Aarthi
yes you can use
karishma
Such a beautiful recipe!!
Nidhi M Pandya
With what Can I replace eggs, as we are vegetarian, and is it necessary to use brown sugar for that cocoa mixture?
shanzae tahir
hi. i wanted to use this recipe and bake it in the form of cupcakes. is it possible and what precautions should i be taking?
Aarthi
yes u can. reduce the cooking time alone
Anonymous
Hi aarthi, are u using a 240 ml measuring cup?
Delphia
Hai aarthi cake looks delicious. What is the alternative for oil.. Can i use butter? If butter can be used means whats the measurement for butter?
Jeni
Can I cover this cake with fondant? If yes means how to do mam?
Aarthi
yes u can
Jeni
What is the size of this cake?
Aarthi
It is 8 inch