Red Eye Devil's Food Cake Recipe

Ingredients

• Food Chocolate Cake:
• 3 cups (12.75 ounces, 363
• grams) all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons (10 grams) baking
• soda
• 1/2 teaspoon (2.45 grams)
• baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 grams) salt
• 1 cup (3.2 ounces, 92 grams)
• Dutch-processed unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups (16 ounces, 460 grams)
• strong brewed coffee
• 1/2 pound (8 ounces, 227
• grams) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the pans
• 3 cups (21 ounces, 600 grams)
• granulated sugar
• 4 large (6.8 ounces, 193
• grams) eggs, at room temperature
• 14 ounces (397 grams) coarsely
• chopped extra-bitter chocolate (minimum 70 percent cacao content)
• 3 cups (24.36 ounces, 696
• grams) heavy cream
• For decorating and serving
• About 1/2 pound block
• bittersweet chocolate for chocolate curls for decorating, optional
• Ice cream for serving,
• optional
• First,
• make the devil’s food chocolate cake
• 1. Position a rack in the
• center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C). Butter two 9-inch round
• cake pans with unsalted butter. Line the bottoms of the pans with parchment or
• sawing motion to slowly move the knife into the cake about 1 inch. Then, still
• outer circle is complete, hold the knife level, dig into the cake another inch,
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