Chocolate 20 minute cake (sheet cake) [4-i]
8 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Sugar | 
| 2 | cups | Flour | 
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt | 
| ½ | cup | Butter | 
| ½ | cup | Crisco | 
| ¼ | cup | Cocoa | 
| 1 | cup | Water | 
| ½ | cup | Buttermilk | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Soda | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla | 
| 2 | Eggs | |
| CHOCOLATE ICING | ||
| ½ | cup | Butter | 
| ¼ | cup | Cocoa | 
| 6 | tablespoons | Milk | 
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla | 
| 1 | pounds | Pk powered sugar | 
Directions
Sift sugar,flour & salt together.  Mix in sauce pan butter,crisco, cocoa & water.  Bring to a boil over high heat.  Pour into sifted mixture, stir and add buttermilk, vanilla,eggs and soda.  Bake at 400 deg 25-30 minutes.
***CHOCOLATE ICING*** Mix in sauce pan butter, milk, cocoa and vanilla and bring to a boil. Add powdered sugar, and ice while cake is hot.
Source: Abilene Cook Book  Posted by Ken Strei