Chocolate wet cake

8 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2cupsSugar
2cupsSifted flour
1Stick margarine
4tablespoonsCocoa
½cupShortening
1cupWater
½cupButtermilk
1teaspoonSoda
1teaspoonCinnamon
1teaspoonVanilla
2Eggs
1Stick margarine
2tablespoonsCocoa
3tablespoonsMilk
½teaspoonVanilla
½Box confectioner's sugar
½cupChopped nuts

Directions

FROSTING

Combine sugar & flour in mixer bowl. Bring to boil in saucepan the margarine, cocoa, shortening & water; pour over sugar & flour. Add remaining cake ingredients. Mix well (batter will be thin). Pour into 9x13-inch pan that has been greased & floured. Bake at 400 for 25 minutes.

Boil margarine, cocoa & milk for frosting. Pour into bowl & add remaining ingredients. May have to add more powdered sugar to bring to spreading consistency.

MRS J.W. (JEANNE) HEWITT

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From the <The Bliss of Cooking Returns>, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club, Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .