Devil's food cake

Devil's food cake
	Devil's food cake with vanilla icing
Type	Layer cake
Place of origin	United States
Main ingredients	Flour, sugar, butter or substitute, egg whites, cocoa solids
Variations	Red velvet cake
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Devil's food cake is a moist, rich chocolate layer cake.

Because of differing recipes and changing ingredient availability over the 20th century, it is difficult to precisely qualify what distinguishes devil's food from the more standard chocolate cake. However, it traditionally has more chocolate than a regular chocolate cake, making it darker in color and with a heavier texture.^[1]

Devil's food cake was invented in the United States in the early 20th century.

^ Porcelli, Lesley (2013). "Devil's Food". In Smith, Andrew F. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973496-2.

[:0-1] Porcelli, Lesley (2013). "Devil's Food". In Smith, Andrew F. (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-973496-2.

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