caramel devil's food cake

Recipe 20

Caramel Devil's Food Cake

2 c. sifted Swans Down Cake flour

1 t. soda

1/2 c butter or shortening

1 1/4 c brown sugar, firmly packed

2 eggs beaten

3 squares bakers unsweetened chocolate, melted 

1 c. milk 

1 t. vanilla

Sift flour once, measure and add soda and sift together 3 times. Cream, add sugar, cream together. Add eggs. Add chocolate and blend. Add flour alternately with milk. Beat. Add vanilla. 

Topping

3/4 c. brown sugar

1/2 c. walnuts, chopped

Sprinkle on top of cake. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until done.

How can you not like caramel...on anything! This cake looks really tasty. I remember my grandma loving caramel, especially caramel apples. Yes, it's her sweet tooth again. The walnuts remind me of her black walnut tree that she coveted in her yard. She talked about how valuable that tree was, and how we need to make sure someone takes care of it. 

Her house on the hill was the first house she owned, and she loved it so much. She had it built and made it her own. Even though my grandpa never lived in that house, you would have thought he had. She had a den dedicated to him. His clothes were in the closet, and his things were in the desk drawers. She wanted him to enjoy it with her, even if he was not there. 

love, krissy girl