| | The Food Timeline: cake history notes |
 | | The "red devil's food cake," given a reddish-brown color by the mixture of coca and baking soda, is post-World War II version of the standard devil's food cake." |
| | How this chocolate cake came to be called devil's food no one knows alothough it may have been a play on opposites: it was as dark and rich as angel food was light an airy...In the early 1900s there were a number of bizarre variations on Devils Food Cake. |
| | Some are specifically called "red devil," others are simply called devil and are undistinguishable unless the cook examined the ingredients. |
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