Devil's Food Cake with Fudge Frosting

Directions

1. 1

   Cake: 1 3/4 c Sifted cake flour 1/2 c Cocoa powder (not a mix) 1 ts Baking soda 1/2 ts Salt 1/2 c Unsalted butter 1 1/4 c Sugar 1 1/2 ts Van

2. 2

   boiling Frosting: 1/4 c Unsalted butter 2 c Confectioners' sugar 2 oz Unsweetened chocolate

3. 3

   melted 1 1/2 ts Vanilla 2 tb Half-and-half or milk Or evaporated milk PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 350~

4. 4

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

5. 5

   This gives the cake layers a rich brown finish)

6. 6

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

7. 7

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

8. 8

   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