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Devil's Food Cake<br />
Back around Mother's Day, I went on at length about the balan<strong>ce</strong>d, nourishing,<br />
vegetable-heavy dishes I like to make, or imagine making, for my re<strong>ce</strong>ntly vegan<br />
mom. With my dad, whom I actually may be cooking for IRL this Father's Day,<br />
that's all out the window. In food as in few other aspects of his life, my dad has a<br />
weakness for the rich (German chocolate, bacon, lasagna) that's matched only by<br />
his love of the over-the-top (unreasonably hot chili peppers, perilously strong<br />
coffee, the brightest of all bright-orange cheese puffs). And moderation isn't his<br />
strong suit: My dad is the sort of guy you could imagine eating so much that he<br />
pukes. Okay, maybe not these days, but I'm just positive this happened when he was<br />
a kid.<br />
Of all the dessert recipes we have that could stand up to such an appetite, the devil's<br />
food cake that originally appeared in Stella's book is the most likely candidate. I've<br />
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