Recipe

Special Cocoa Cake Recipe

	Coffeebean53 / All my dishes 2 years, 2 months ago Recipe by: Hersheys Recipes Pamplet 1930's This is the classic chocolate cake that our Grandmothers would make. As stated above this recipe was first published by Hershey's in the 1930's Prep:5m Cook:25m Servings:8	Coffeebean5
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Ingredients

3/4 c Hershey's cocoa

1/2 c Brown sugar

1/2 c Boiling water

2 c Cake flour; sifted

1 1/2 tsp Baking powder

1/2 tsp Soda

1/2 tsp Salt

2/3 c Shortening

1 1/4 c Sugar

1 tsp Vanilla

3 Eggs

3/4 c Milk

Directions

1.) Mix cocoa and brown sugar in saucepan; add hot water,

stirring until smooth. Bring to a boil, and cook slowly 3 minutes, or until slightly thickened, stirring constantly; cool.

2.) Sift flour once, then measure and mix with baking

powder, soda, and salt; sift twice.

3.) Cream shortening until softened; add sugar gradually,

beating thoroughly after each addition.

4.) Beat in vanilla, then eggs, one at a time, beating

until fluffy after each. Add cooled cocoa mixture; stir until blended. Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beating until smooth, after each addition.

5.) Turn into 2 greased (9-inch) layer pans. Bake in

moderate oven (350') about 25 minutes.

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Comments

vindee 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Bookmarked!! thank you...can never let a good cake recipe pass me by ;0)!!

lor 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Now you've done it!!! Between my own recipes and everybody elses I'm going to gain that weight back on and then some. And yes, then there's Thanksgiving and Christmas ;-) This cake looks yummy!!! Please feel free to check out my Polish/Ukrainian group.

shirleyoma 2 years, 2 months ago said:
I've made this many a times, it is old staple!! yumm

henrie 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Sounds good, I tried a cola cake before but it had very little chocolate in it, this sounds more like it. Thanks for sharing.

vindee 2 years, 2 months ago said:
OK, gotcha Coffeebean!! Thanks for the note :0)