Chocolate Cake

Name: Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 2/3 c. shortening; 2 c. sugar; 1/2 c. cocoa; 2 eggs, at room temperature; 2 c. cake flour, sifted; 1 tsp. salt; 1/2 heaping tsp. baking powder; 2/3 c. sour milk or buttermilk; 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda; 1 tsp. vanilla; 1 c. boiling water

11 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

2/3 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
2 eggs, at room temperature
2 c. cake flour, sifted
1 tsp. salt
1/2 heaping tsp. baking powder
2/3 c. sour milk or buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. boiling water

Directions

1

Cream shortening (1/3 cup margarine and 1/3 cup Crisco).
2

Add sugar and blend well, then add cocoa and blend well.
3

Then add eggs and blend well.
4

Sift together flour, salt and baking powder. (To sour the milk, add 2 teaspoons vinegar to plain milk.)
5

Mix the milk (room temperature) and baking soda together well. Alternating between the milk and the flour mixture, add to the sugar, cocoa, egg and shortening mixture.
6

Then add the vanilla and boiling water.
7

Line the pans with wax paper and bake at 350° about 30 minutes.