Aunt Tattie’s Devil’s Food Cake
Thank You Wiregrass Hitties
Tatty was so inspired by the recent Tea at the Empress, that she wanted to make some delicious treats at home. Coincidentally, our Hitty friends over at Mad for the Farthing Crowd sent her this special recipe to try.
Absolutely Delicious
It is amazing that this cake ever made it to the table! It endured a backwards order of mixing ingredients, and chocolate on fire in the microwave complete with black smoke throughout the house. Then it was discovered that baking soda should not be added it to the buttermilk and left for a minute as it will foam right up and over the measuring cup and all over the counter. Last of all, it was discovered that cake pans dropped from height will result in big chunks of cake in all the wrong places.
However it was also discovered that raspberry jam makes an excellent cake glue, and cake cracks can be filled with chocolate icing. Tatty thought it was all very exciting and is keen to continue her education in the kitchen.
The result is delicious, however the humans have discovered why it is called Devil’s food cake.
Thanks so much for the Wiregrass Hitties for the recipe!
Quimper Hittys 
Hysterical story! This really is a dangerous cake to bake! The adventures with your Hitties are never boring. Thanks so much for sharing them!
It is always fun having them about, even when they are making a mess in the kitchen!
Looks scrumptious, Tatty. You’ve made a good start in the kitchen. Mistakes always help one learn something.
The two gentlemen being honoured (combined ages 149) didn’t really notice anything amiss! They thought it an excellent finale to the birthday dinner! We did NOT attempt candles!!!
Sounds like my cooking.
At least it’s always an adventure!
The flavour was delightful. We decided raspberry jam and chocolate is our new favourite combination!
What an event filled baking day! Perhaps Tatty may prefer the safety of Angel’s Food cake for her next foray into cake baking?
Oh – very good plan…but now Tatty wants wings.
I am picturing Tattie immersed in foaming soda/buttermilk…or scurrying about gathering the chunks of exploded cake….Your word picture is delightful…altho I am sure the cook was not so amused at the time. Very funny…but in the end that cake looks quite delicious.
She did OK helping with the butternut butter – the excitement in the kitchen was all fun to her…she thought the best part was that it was a cake named after her!
The cook was so flustered that he forgot to take any pictures. Just as well really since it is an established fact that broken lens glass is not edible – the way things went the camera was bound to have shed its lens into the mixing bowl.
Ah well, “After” photographs are sometimes all that is necessary to tell the story – and in this case it wasn’t worth it to try and re-create the event!
What gusto! I believe I saw Tatty trying to pocket a sugar cube at the Empress. She is really very keen on the sweet things in life.
Tatty is hoping for a set of sugar tongs for Christmas! I am looking for some Hitty-sized ones!
How delightful! Tatty is surely going to want to try the recipe again. I’ve always been a believer that TASTE is what is important in cooking, NOT VISION!
I think she will try it again, perhaps with additional supervision!
We love this cake – Can we have the entire recipe Tatty? It sure looks D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S
It is delicious! I’ll consult about the sharing….
Our favorite, without a doubt! Memories make it all the sweeter – sharing it with the Quimper Hittys helped create a another bit/bite of goodness.
The Quimper Hittys are very fond of bit/bites!!! This is one of their new favourite nibbles – thank you!