chocolate town cake

Name: Chocolate Town Cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 cup(s) cocoa, unsweetened; 1/2 cup(s) boiling water; 2/3 cup(s) shortening; 1 teaspoon(s) vanilla extract; 13/4 cup(s) sugar; 11/2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; 2 - eggs; 21/4 cup(s) all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 11/3 cup(s) buttermilk

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Susie Dunnington

Buckley, WA

Updated on Jul 29, 2013

I have not tried this. I found it in a recipe book from my great aunt, dated 1988. It is her daughters recipe.

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Ingredients

1/2 cup cocoa, unsweetened
1/2 cup boiling water
2/3 cup shortening
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
13/4 cups sugar
11/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 - eggs
21/4 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
11/3 cups buttermilk

How To Make chocolate town cake

Step 1

Stir together cocoa and boiling water until smooth; set aside. Cream shortening, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until light and fluffy. Add eggs; beat well.

Step 2

Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add buttermilk alternately with flour mixture to creamed mixture. Mixing after each addition. Blend in cocoa mixture.
Step 3

Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely. Frost with frosting.
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