Devil's Food with Fudge Frosting

Directions

1. 1

   Ingredients --CAKE-- 1 3/4 cup cake flour, sifted 1/2 cup cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 1/

2. 2

   Grease 2 8-inch layer cake pans well, then dust them generously with cocoa

3. 3

   This gives the cake layers a rich brown finish)

4. 4

   Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt onto a piece of waxed paper and set it aside

5. 5

   Cream the butter until it is fluffy, add the sugar and vanilla, and continue beating until the batter is silvery and light

6. 6

   Beat the eggs in one by one, then add the sifted dry ingredients, alternately with the boiling water, beginning and ending with the dry ingr

7. 7

   Divide the batter equally between the two pans, smoothing the tops

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   Bake the layers uncovered for 30 to 35 minutes, or until the layers feel spongy to the touch and begin to pull away from the sides of the pa