1/2 c Hershey’s Cocoa 2 1/4 c All-Purpose Flour —
1/2 c Boiling Water Unsifted
2/3 c Shortening 1 1/2 ts Baking Soda
1 3/4 c Sugar 1/2 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla 1 1/3 c Buttermilk Or Sour Milk*
2 Eggs
* To Sour Milk: Use 1 Tbs plus 1 tsp vinegar plus milk to equal 1 1/2
cups.
Grease and dust with flour two 9-inch cake pans. Make smooth paste of
cocoa and boiling water; cool slightly. Cream shortening, sugar and
vanilla in large mixer bowl; blend in eggs. Combine flour, baking
soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture.
Add cocoa paste to batter, blending well. Pour batter into pans. Bake
at 350 F for 35-40 mins or until a tester inserter in center comes
out clean. Frost as desired.
One of the best Chocolate cake recipes to come out of Hershey PA. An
old favorite from the Hershey Cocoa box label by way of More Recipes
from the back of…………ISBN 0-07-018555-7
Yields
1 servings