Quick Mix Devil's Food Cake

• 3 ounces chocolate unsweetened baking squares
• 2 cups flour, all-purpose or 2 1/4 cups of cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cups sugar
• 3/4 cups sugar brown, firmly packed
• 23 cups sour milk (1 tbls vinegar in 1 cup of milk. Let stand for 10 minutes or until thick)
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon food coloring red
• 13 cup sour milk (as above. make a total of 1 cup sour milk)
• 2 large eggs

1. Melt the chocolate over low heat and set aside to cool.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and sugar together into a large mixer bowl.
3. Add the brown sugar, 23 cup of sour milk, shortening, vanilla, and red food coloring to the dry mixture.
4. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl several times while beating.
5. Add the cooled chocolate, 13 cup of sour milk and the eggs and continue to beat, at medium speed, for an additional 2 minutes, or until well blended.
6. Scrape the sides of the bowl frequently.
7. Pour into two 9 inch prepared round cake pans.
8. (Prepare by greasing and flouring pans.)
9. Bake in a preheated 375F (190C) oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the cake tests done.
10. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes and turn out on wire racks to finish cooling until cold.
11. Frost.

chocolate, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, sugar brown, sour milk, vegetable shortening, vanilla, food coloring red, sour milk, eggs

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/quick-mix-devils-food-cake-1975 (may not work)