Chocolate Layer Cake For 2

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder (i used hershey's )
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 -3 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a small add first 5 ingredients, combining well,and set aside.
• 3 in a large bowl, cream together shortening and sugar until smooth.
• 4 then add egg and vanilla to creamed mixture.
• 5 add 3/4 cup milk and dry ingredients a little at a time to the egg/shortening mixture until smooth and creamy.
• 6 pour into a greased and floured 9 inch cake pan.
• 7 bake for 30 to 35 or, until toothpick is inserted between the center and edge of pan and comes out clean.
• 8 cool in pan for 10 minutes then finish cooling completely on wire rack.
• 9 in a medium sized mixing bowl,cream butter.
• 10 add powdered sugar, cocoa,vanilla, and enough milk to reach a desired spreading consistancy.
• 11 cut cake in half, top half with 1/2 cup of frosting,spreading evenly.
• 12 place remaining cake half on top of iced cake half.
• 13 take remaining frosting and frost top and rounded side of cake.
• 14 enjoy !