Devil's Food Cake Cockaigne

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Title: Devil's Food Cake Cockaigne
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 12 servings

4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c Milk
1 c Light sugar; firmly packed
2 c Cake flour
1 ts Baking soda
1 Egg yolk
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Butter
1 c Sifted sugar
2 Egg yolk
1/4 c Water
1/2 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla
2 Egg whites

Recipe by: The Joy of Cooking, 1995
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Prepare the following custard: Cook and stir in a double
boiler over-not in- boiling water the unsweetened
chocolate, milk, brown sugar, and 1 egg yolk. Remove from
heat when thickened, Have other ingredients at about 70
degrees F. Sift before measuring 2 cups of cake flour.
Resift with baking soda and salt. Beat the butter until
soft then beat in the egg yolks on at a time. Add the
flour to the mixture in 3 parts alternating with a mixture
of the water, ilk and vanilla. Stir the batter until
smooth after each edition. Stir in the chocolate custard.
Whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold lightly
into cake batter. Bake in greased pans for about 25
minutes. Spread, when cool with caramel icing.

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