Recipe for Caelyn's Birthday Cake

Its called Devils Food Cake and has always been a great favourite with my girls. Essentially, its a chocolate cake. I have no idea why a chocolate cake gets called Devils Food Cake, but I assure you that is the name of it.

Devils Food Cake
INGREDIENTS:
1. 1 tablespoon vinegar
2. 1 cup evaporated milk
3. 1 1/2 cups plain flour
4. Pinch salt
5. 1 teaspoon vanilla
6. 1/2 cup cocoa
7. 2 teaspoons baking powder
8. 11/4 cup sugar
9. 2 eggs
10. 2/3 cup melted butter

METHOD
1. Preheat oven to 180C
2. Add vinegar to evaporated milk to sour
3. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa and sugar into a bowl
4. Add melted butter and evaporated milk and beat for 2 min
5. Add eggs, vanilla essence and beat for a further 2 min
6. Pour into 2 x 200mm (8") well greased cake tins
7. Bake at 180C for 25 - 30 min
8. Cool before removing from tins.

CARAMEL FUDGE ICING
INGREDIENTS
1. 8 tablespoons butter
2. 1 cup dark brown sugar
3. Pinch of salt
4. 2 cups icing sugar
5. 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
6. 1/4 cup milk

METHOD
1. Place butter, brown sugar and salt in a saucepan on medium heat.
2. Stir and cook until it boils
3. Add milk and stir until it comes back to boil
4. Remove from heat
5. Add icing sugar and vanilla
6. Beat until smooth
7. Use while still warm


NOTE:
This is a loose, pourable mixture which sets on the cake.
Does a layer cake or a big 9" x 13" cake.
If the icing gets too hard to work with on the cake, use a hairdryer to melt it a bit.
Or spread it with a knife dipped in hot water.