CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine about 1/2 cup sugar with cocoa and boiling water, and cook over a low heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is glossy. Cool. Cream the shortening and eggs with the remaining sugar. Add the cocoa mixture and the vanilla. Add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk alternately. Bake in 2 greased layer pans at 350 degrees F. for 30-35 minutes. You can also make this as a single-layer cake. Just bake it a few minutes longer, as it is thicker. NOTES: * A moist 2-layer chocolate layer cake; this was our wedding cake. Servings: serves 8. * Frost the cake with your favorite frosting; we used chocolate mousse filling. : Difficulty: easy. : Time: 30 minutes preparation, 1 hour baking and cooling and frosting. : Precision: measure the ingredients. : Aviva Garrett : Santa Cruz, CA : Excelan, Inc., San Jose, California, USA : {sun,3comvax}!excelan!aviva : Copyright (C) 1986 USENET Community Trust —– Archive January 2010 December 2009 July 2009 June 2009 April 2009 March 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008