Indulge in the decadent symphony of flavors with our Moist Devil's Food Cake adorned with the velvety richness of Mrs. Milman's Chocolate Frosting. This classic pairing tantalizes taste buds with its moist, chocolatey crumb and luscious, creamy frosting. The article presents a collection of delectable recipes that guide you through creating this iconic dessert. Dive into the culinary adventure of crafting the perfect Devil's Food Cake, complemented by the irresistible charm of Mrs. Milman's Chocolate Frosting. Experience the harmony of these flavors as they dance upon your palate, leaving you craving more.
Here are our top 9 tried and tested recipes!
MOIST DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE
Great swoops of glossy frosting make this a wonderfully exuberant cake with a dark backdrop for birthday candles. But this cake is just as suitable for afternoon snacks or a Sunday supper.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Yield Makes one 8-inch round layer cake
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Arrange two racks in center of oven. Butter three 8-by-2-inch round cake pans; line bottoms with parchment. Dust bottoms and sides of pans with cocoa powder; tap out any excess. Sift cocoa into a medium bowl, and whisk in boiling water. Set aside to cool.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter on low speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes, scraping down sides twice. Beat in vanilla. Drizzle in eggs, a little at a time, beating between each addition until the batter is no longer slick, scraping down the sides twice.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk milk into reserved cocoa mixture. With mixer on low speed, alternately add flour and cocoa mixtures to the batter, a little of each at a time, starting and ending with flour mixture.
- Divide batter evenly among the three prepared pans. Bake until a cake tester inserted into center of each layer comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes, rotating the pans for even baking. Transfer layers to wire racks; let cool, 15 minutes. Turn out cakes, and return to racks, tops up, until completely cool.
- Remove parchment from bottoms of cakes. Reserve the prettiest layer for the top. Place one cake layer on a serving platter; spread 1 1/2 cups chocolate frosting over the top. Add the second cake layer, and spread with another 1 1/2 cups frosting. Top with third cake layer. Cover outside of cake with the remaining 3 cups frosting. Serve.
MRS. MILMAN'S CHOCOLATE FROSTING
This recipe for Mrs. Milman's Chocolate Frosting is one of our all-time favorites. Make it with our recipe for Moist Devil's Food Cake.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes
Yield Makes 6 cups
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Place chocolate morsels and cream in a heavy saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, until combined and thickened, between 20 and 25 minutes. Increase the heat to medium low; cook, stirring, 3 minutes more. Remove pan from heat.
- Stir in corn syrup. Transfer frosting to a large metal bowl. Chill until cool enough to spread, about 2 hours, checking and stirring every 15 to 20 minutes. Use immediately.
MRS. MILMAN'S MOIST DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE
This recipe has appeared in Martha Stewart Living and Mrs. Milman made her famous cake on Martha's show recently. Very decadent. I have also posted the recipe for Mrs. Milman's Chocolate Frosting.
Provided by dojemi
Categories Dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Butter three 8-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment; butter parchment. Dust with cocoa powder; tap out excess. Set aside. Sift cocoa powder into a medium bowl; whisk in boiling water. Set aside to cool.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl; set aside. Put butter into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until creamy. Gradually mix in sugar until pale and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add eggs, a bit at a time, mixing well between each addition; mix until well blended. Mix in vanilla.
- Whisk milk into reserved cocoa mixture. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the cocoa mixture.
- Divide batter evenly among prepared pans; smooth tops with an offset spatula. Bake, rotating pan halfway through, until a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Turn out cakes onto racks; remove parchment and re-invert. Let cool completely.
- Using a serrated knife, trim tops of cakes to make level. Place four strips of parchment paper around perimeter of a serving plate or lazy Susan. Place the first layer on the cake plate. Spread the top of the first layer with 1 1/2 cups of frosting. Place the second layer on top and repeat process with another 1 1/2 cups of frosting. Place the remaining layer on top of the second layer, bottom side up. Spread entire cake with remaining 3 cups frosting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 629.9, Fat 31.6, SaturatedFat 19.1, Cholesterol 160.2, Sodium 286.2, Carbohydrate 82.1, Fiber 2.9, Sugar 46.8, Protein 8.2
CHOCOLATE FROSTING FOR DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE
Provided by Alton Brown
Time 15m
Yield 2 cups
Number Of Ingredients 5
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.
MOIST DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE
Make and share this Moist Devil's Food Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Steve_G
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 1 cake, 12-16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Adjust oven rack to upper- and lower-middle positions; heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease three 8-inch pans, line bottom of each pan with parchment paper round, grease agin and flour.
- Combine chocolate and cocoa in medium bowl; pour boiling water over and whisk until smooth.
- Sift together flours, baking soda, and salt onto large bowl and set aside.
- Place butter in bowl of standing mixer and beat at medium-high speed until creamy, about 1 minute.
- Add brown sugar and beat on high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Stop mixer and scrape down bowl.
- Increase speed to medium-high and add eggs one at a time, beating 30 seconds after each addition.
- Reduce speed to medium; add sour cream and vanilla and beat until combined, about 10 seconds.
- Stop mixer and scrape down bowl.
- With mixer on low, add about one third of flour mixture, followed by about one half of chocolate mixture.
- Repeat, ending with flour mixture; beat until just combined, about 15 seconds.
- Do not overbeat.
- Remove bowl from mixer; scrape bottom and sides of bowl and mix gently to be certain all ingredients are combined.
- Divide batter evenly among cake pans, smooth batter to edges of pan with angled spatula.
- If baking three 8-inch cakes, place two pans on lower-middle rack and one on upper-middle rack.
- Bake until skewer inserted in center comes out clean, 20 to 23 minutes for 8-inch cakes.
- Cool on wire rack 15 to 20 minutes.
- Run knife around pan perimeter to loosen.
- Invert cakes onto large plate; peel off parchment, and reinvert onto lightly greased rack.
- Cool completely before frosting.
DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING
This recipe won several blue ribbons at our state fair. The made-from-scratch chocolate layer cake topped with a fudgy homemade frosting is truly a can't-miss dessert. -Donna Carman, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h15m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of two greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease paper., In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and cooled chocolate. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream and water, beating well after each addition., Transfer batter to prepared pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove parchment. Cool completely., For frosting, in a small heavy saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes. In a large bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth. Gradually add chocolate mixture, beating until light and fluffy. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 678 calories, Fat 29g fat (18g saturated fat), Cholesterol 107mg cholesterol, Sodium 377mg sodium, Carbohydrate 104g carbohydrate (77g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE WITH MILK CHOCOLATE FROSTING
This devilishly delicious, light and airy, all-occasion cake recipe was adapted from "Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook," and the frosting recipe is courtesy of Matt Lewis of Baked.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Yield Makes one 9-inch layer cake or 3 dozen standard cupcakes
Number Of Ingredients 15
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.
MRS. MILMAN'S CHOCOLATE FROSTING
This recipe appeared in the February 2006 issue of Martha Stewart Living Magazine. Mrs. Milman also made her famous Chocolate cake on Martha's show recently and I have posted the recipe for that as well. It does take a bit longer to set than specified. Be patient and you will be well rewarded. The prep time of 3 hours includes the 2 hour (or more) refrigeration time. When Mrs. Milman made the cake and frosting on the show Martha's kitchen staff decided to add the light corn syrup (for sheen).....Mrs. Milman said she does not. Either way, it's a great frosting.
Provided by dojemi
Categories Dessert
Time 3h35m
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 3
Steps:
- Put chocolate and cream into a medium saucepan. Cook over medium-low heat; stirring constantly with a heatproof rubber spatula, until thick, 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in corn syrup.
- Transfer to a large, wide metal bowl. Refrigerate until frosting is cool enough to spread, about 2 hours, checking and stirring every 15 minutes. Use immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 6813.4, Fat 530.3, SaturatedFat 325.3, Cholesterol 1324.6, Sodium 386.6, Carbohydrate 478.9, Fiber 45.4, Sugar 363.2, Protein 49.5
MOIST DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE WITH MRS. MILMAN'S CHOCOLATE FROSTING
This is the best birthday cake a chocolate lover could have, courtesy of former crafts and editorial director Hannah Milman's mother. The frosting requires constant stirring for about thirty minutes, but the result is such chocolaty goodness, you'll know every swipe of the spoon was worth it.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter three 8-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with parchment; butter parchment. Dust with cocoa powder; tap out excess. Set aside. Sift cocoa powder into a medium bowl; whisk in boiling water. Set aside to cool.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl; set aside. Put butter into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until creamy. Gradually mix in sugar until pale and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add eggs, a bit at a time, mixing well between each addition; mix until well blended. Mix in vanilla.
- Whisk milk into reserved cocoa mixture. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture to butter mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the cocoa mixture.
- Divide batter evenly among prepared pans; smooth tops with an offset spatula. Bake, rotating pans halfway through, until a cake tester inserted into centers comes out clean, 35 to 45 minutes. Let cool in pans on wire racks 15 minutes. Turn our cakes onto racks; remove parchment, and reinvert. Let cool completely.
- Place 1 cake layer on a serving platter or cake stand. Spread 1 1/2 cups frosting over top. Add second cake layer, and spread 1 1/2 cups frosting over top. Top with third cake layer. Spread remaining 3 cups frosting over top and sides of assembled cake. Cake can be covered with a cake dome or plastic wrap, and stored at room temperature up to 3 days.
Tips:
Tips for making the perfect moist devil's food cake:
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- Use high-quality ingredients: This means using real butter, unsweetened cocoa powder, and pure vanilla extract.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy: This will help to incorporate air into the batter, resulting in a lighter, more tender cake.
- Gradually add the eggs one at a time: This will help to prevent the batter from curdling.
- Mix the dry ingredients together separately before adding them to the wet ingredients: This will help to ensure that the ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the batter.
- Do not overmix the batter: Overmixing can result in a tough, dense cake.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven: This will help to ensure that the cake bakes evenly.
- Test the cake for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the center: The toothpick should come out clean when the cake is done.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it: This will help to prevent the frosting from melting.
Tips for making the perfect Mrs. Milman's chocolate frosting:
- Use semisweet or bittersweet chocolate: This will result in a frosting that is rich and flavorful. - Use heavy cream instead of milk: This will help to make the frosting thicker and richer. - Bring the chocolate and cream to a simmer over low heat, stirring constantly: This will help to melt the chocolate smoothly and prevent it from seizing. - Remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the butter: This will help to make the frosting shiny and smooth. - Let the frosting cool slightly before using it: This will help to prevent it from being too runny.Conclusion:
The moist devil's food cake with Mrs. Milman's chocolate frosting is a classic dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its rich, chocolatey flavor and moist, tender crumb, this cake is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. Whether you're a seasoned baker or a beginner, this recipe is easy to follow and will yield delicious results. So next time you're in the mood for a special treat, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed.
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