Grandma Fern’S Devil’S Food Cake With Seafoam

• FOR THE CAKE:
• 1/2 cups Shortening
• 2 cups Sugar
• 2 whole Eggs
• 1/2 cups Cocoa Powder
• 1/2 cups Boiling Water
• 2 cups Flour
• 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
• 1 cup Milk
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• FOR THE ICING:
• 3 whole Egg Whites
• 1-1/2 cup Light Corn Syrup
• 6 Tablespoons Sugar

1. For cake:
2. Mix all ingredients together until smooth.
3. Bake at 350F in two eight-inch cake pans until knife comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
4. For icing:
5. Beat egg whites until stiff. Heat corn syrup and sugar, slowly bring to a boil; let boil stirring constantly for 1 minute then remove from heat. Using a mixer, slowly add syrup mixture to beaten egg whites until blended well.
6. Let cake and icing cool before applying. The icing will be sticky like marshmallow.

cake, shortening, sugar, eggs, cocoa, boiling water, flour, kosher salt, milk, egg whites, syrup, sugar

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/grandma-ferne28099s-devile28099s-food-cake-with-seafoam/ (may not work)