Devil’s Food Cake with Filling and Icing

A typed recipe for Devil’s Food Cake with Filling and Icing—rich buttermilk chocolate cake paired with an unexpected orange-flavored filling and frosting.

A typed recipe for Devil’s Food Cake with Filling and Icing—rich buttermilk chocolate cake paired with an unexpected orange-flavored filling and frosting.

A handwritten recipe for Ella’s Sponge Cake with Lemon Filling—six eggs, homemade lemon filling, and the wonderfully vague direction to simply “bake slowly.”