Perfect Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. cocoa
2 c. boiling water
2 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/4 c. sugar
1 c. butter Crisco
4 whole eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Beat
cocoa and boiling water with wire whip, let cool. Sift flour
before
measuring,
then sift baking soda, baking powder and salt; sift together.
Beat sugar, Crisco, eggs and vanilla; beat 5 minutes.
Beat in flour and cocoa mixture (in fours) start with
cocoa
and end with flour; beat but do not overbeat.
Pour in
3
layer
cake pans and bake in 350\u00b0 oven until
done.
Put cream
cheese
frosting
between
layers of completely cooled cake and chocolate frosting on top.