January 27th is National Chocolate Cake Day, so let's take a closer look at the decadent dessert. Spanish explorers found chocolate beverages among the Mesoamericans in Mexico. They took the beans back to Europe where sugar was added to the drink they prepared to make it more popular.
The Duff Company, a molasses company in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, introduced the first devil's food chocolate cake mix in the 1930s, but mass production was held up until after World War II. Today there are many versions of the chocolate cake. Here's an old recipe for devil's food cake written for today's cooks:
Chocolate Devil's Food Cake
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 leveled cups dark brown sugar, not packed tightly
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup margarine and shortening mixed
3 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup half and half
1/2 cup hot water
3 egg whites
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