devil's food cake
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of devil's food cake
1900–05, modeled on angel food cake
Example Sentences
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So many: The caramelized cinnamon sugar french toast, toasted ricotta gnocchi with pistachio pesto, ginger garlic chicken noodle soup, oven-braised beef with harissa, thick molasses spice cookies and the cover girl, the devil's food cake with salted milk chocolate frosting.
From Salon
Food52's Resident Baking BFF describes this dessert as a single, tall devil's food cake topped with an almost equally tall mound of peppermint seven-minute frosting.
From Salon
If this irresistibly moist, meringue buttercream-frosted devil's food cake is good enough for Jeffrey — it does come from the cookbook Ina dedicated to him, after all — then it's 100 percent good enough for us.
From Salon
The devil's food cake is moist and delicious with any kind of cocoa — but is especially decadent with black cocoa powder, which gives the cake a rich chocolate taste and a gorgeous, intense color contrast with the light, fluffy frosting.
From Salon
Devil’s food cake stood out for its significant amount of chocolate and rich flavor.
From Washington Post
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