Plus how it’s different from regular ol' chocolate cake.
Though you may be tempted to treat it as just another chocolate cake, there are a few differences.
An expert baker shares everything it’s crucial that you know about the cocoa-rich confection with the sinister appellation.
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Mignon Francois is founder and CEO ofThe Cupcake Collectionbased in Nashville, Tennessee.
Why Is It Called Devil’s Food Cake?
Francois is the founder and CEO ofThe Cupcake Collection, an award-winning bakery based in Nashville that ships nationwide.
But as I got older, I realized it was more about the flavor than the name.
Devils food cake is one of the richest, most chocolatey pieces of cake that you will ever experience.
So devils food cake was named because it was sinfully delicious.
To have something so awesomely tasty and chocolatey must be sinful.
The first recipe for devils food cake was printed in 1902 inMrs.
By the 1950s, devils food cake was one of Betty Crockers top-selling boxed cake mixes.
What Is Devil’s Food Cake?
It tastes intensely chocolatey and is light, fluffy, and moist.
For Francois, its got to be ganache.
But to me, the best frosting would be a chocolate ganache.
Francois notes the visual appeal ganache provides as well.
Like devils food cake,red velvet has a murky historythats quite fascinating.
Red velvet cakes end up being creamier and denser than devils food due to these differences.
