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      Title: Red Devil's Food Cake
 Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
      Yield: 1 servings
 
    1/2 c  Shortening
  1-1/2 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs; well beaten
      4 tb Cocoa
      2 tb Hot coffee
      1 ts Red food coloring
  1-7/8 c  Flour
      1 ts Salt
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 c  Buttermilk
      1 ts Vanilla
 
  Cream shortening, add sugar gradually; then cream until
  fluffy. Blend in eggs. Mix cocoa, red food coloring, and
  hot coffee together to form a smooth paste. Blend into the
  cream mixture immediately. Sift flour, salt and soda
  together and add to cream mix alternately with the
  buttermilk. Blend in the vanilla.  Pour into a well greased
  and floured pan (see below) Bake in a 350  oven.
  * 8" tube pan: 55-60 minutes
  * 8" square pan: 70 minutes
  * two 8" layer pans: 40-45 minutes
 
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