Cakes

Devil's food cake

Oven
175 °C175 °C (350 °F)
Tin
22 cm9 in

Ingredients

Cake

  • 130 g vegetable oil4½ oz vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 230 g súrmjólk (Icelandic soured milk; use buttermilk)8 oz súrmjólk (Icelandic soured milk; use buttermilk)
  • 360 g sugar13 oz sugar
  • 1¾ dl cocoa powder¾ cup cocoa powder
  • 4¾ dl plain flour2 cups plain flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1½ tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1¼ dl coffee, very strong, hot½ cup coffee, very strong, hot

Frosting

  • 400 g butter, softened14 oz butter, softened
  • 200 g cream cheese7 oz cream cheese
  • 600 g icing sugar (powdered sugar)1¼ lb icing sugar (powdered sugar)
  • 100 g cocoa powder3½ oz cocoa powder
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 dl coffee, very strong, cooled½ cup coffee, very strong, cooled

Method

Cake

  1. Heat the oven to 175°C. Grease a 22 cm cake tin and line the base with baking paper.Heat the oven to 350 °F. Grease a 9 in cake tin and line the base with baking paper.
  2. Whisk the oil, eggs, súrmjólk and sugar together.
  3. Sift in the cocoa, flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix. Finally stir in the hot coffee; the batter will be thin.
  4. Pour into the tin and bake at 175°C for about 40 minutes. Let it cool completely.Pour into the tin and bake at 350 °F for about 40 minutes. Let it cool completely.

Frosting

  1. Beat the butter and cream cheese together well.
  2. Then add the rest (icing sugar, cocoa, vanilla and coffee) and beat until smooth.
  3. Split the cake in two horizontally if you like, fill with frosting and spread it over the top and sides.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Djöflaterta.
130 gr. olía 3 stk egg 230 gr. súrmjólk 360 gr sykur 1 3/4 dl. kakó 4 3/4 dl. hveiti 2 tsk. lyftid. 1 1/2 tsk. matarsódi 1 tsk. salt 1 1/4 dl. mjög sterkt kaffi
175°C í ca: 40 min í 22 cm. formi
Krem: 400 gr smjör 200 gr Rjómaostur 600 gr flórsykur 100 gr. Kakó 2 tsk. Vanilludr. 1 dl. mjög sterkt kaffi
smjör + R. ostur hrært vel sam. síðan Restin