While some cake recipes are easy to identify, slices of devil's food cake and chocolate cake can pose more of a challenge.

This cake really is a cross between chocolate cake and brownies. It's lighter than fudge brownies, but every bit as fudgy. The cake's crumb is impossibly soft and tender, cuts into easy to serve ...

According Michele Urvater, author of “ Chocolate Cake ” (Broadway, 2001), recipes for devil’s food cakes first appeared in cookbooks around the turn of the century.

As for devil's food cake, you'll find that recipes incorporate sour cream while others feature coffee. Some even incorporate melted chocolate for a variation in texture.

LUCIA'S DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE WITH MILK-CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM FROSTING Makes 2 (8-in.) layer cakes. This dense, dark cake, filled with rich, sweet frosting, is a show-stopper.

"Nana's Devil's Food" cake is described on Reddit as the "best chocolate cake ever," so we tried the 80-year-old family recipe ourselves. Here's what we found.

Recipe: Devil's Food White-Out CakeTO ASSEMBLE THE CAKE: Put a bottom layer cut side up on a cardboard cake round or on a cake plate protected by strips of wax or parchment paper. Using a long ...

Devil's food cake has been a chocolate lover's delight since it was invented in the early 20th century. But it has an even greater significance for James Beard Award-nominated chef Gregory Leon ...