Heat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 2 (8-inch) round cake pans. Stir the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer ...
I’ve used light brown sugar, but dark brown sugar works if you like a deeply dark Devil’s food cake. A note on granulated sugar – it’s best not to substitute this into recipes that aren ...
The mixture should be of a dropping consistency (see recipe tips ... making a sponge cake it's really important that your butter is very soft so that you can effectively mix it with the sugar ...