Pam Najera's Mom's Devils Food Cake And Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 1/3 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 2/3 cup crisco
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 to make cakes - sift dry ingredient together in large bowl. add crisco, water and vanilla, beating until well mixed.
• 3 add eggs and beat well.
• 4 pour into 2 9" round pans that have been greased and floured well. may also use 8" pans.
• 5 bake 30-35 minutes for 9" pans or 35-40 minutes for 8" pans.
• 6 cool in pans for about 10 minutes and then turn onto rack and cool completely.
• 7 to make frosting - combine milk and flour in a saucepan. cook until thick. cover and refrigerate. in a mixing bowl, beat butter, crisco, sugar and vanilla until creamy. add chilled flour mixture and beat 10 minutes.
• 8 frost the cake and enjoy!