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Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 square chocolate
½ C. Shortening (or 1 square butter)
2 eggs
1 C sugar
1¾ C flour
½ tsp salt
1 C. Milk
1 tsp baking soda
3 TBSP boiling water

Directions:
Directions:
Melt 1 square chocolate over hot water. Cream together shortening (or butter), eggs, and sugar. Sift flour with salt and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Add chocolate to mixture. Add baking soda to boiling water and stir into batter well. Bake in 2 layer cake tins that have been greased and floured at 350º for 15 minutes.

Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Mavis says that her mother always called this cake her NEVER FAIL cake.

 

 

 

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