Good Old Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 5 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/2 cup sour milk or 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 f, and grease a 9x13 cake pan.
• 2 cream shortening and sugar together and add the two beaten eggs.
• 3 in a seperate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and add alternately to the shortening mixture with the sour milk.
• 4 last, add the vanilla and boiling water and mix smooth. (will not take long).
• 5 pour this thin batter into the pan and bake for 45 minute.
• 6 cool and add your favorite butter icing.