Spanish Devil's Food Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 9
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup almonds or 1/2 cup pecans

Recipe

• 1 for the icing: beat egg whites until stiff; add sugar gradually and continue beating until smooth.
• 2 add vanilla and nuts.
• 3 spread over cake batter and bake as directed.
• 4 for the cake: preheat oven to 350f and line a 9" square cake pan with waxed paper.
• 5 sift first five ingredients together 3 times.
• 6 beat eggs; add oil and beat thoroughly.
• 7 add sugar gradually, beating mixture well.
• 8 add dry ingredients alternately with water, beating hard after each addition.
• 9 blend in vanilla.
• 10 pour batter into prepared pan, cover with icing mixture and bake until cake shrinks from the sides of the pan, about 40 minutes.