Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. cocoa
1 1/3 c. sugar
1 1/4 c. scalded milk
2/3 c. shortening
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs, unbeaten
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
2 c. sifted flour

Preparation

Sift cocoa with 1/3 cup sugar.
Add scalded milk gradually and stir until smooth.
Cool.
Combine shortening, salt and vanilla. Add 1 cup sugar gradually and cream thoroughly.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Add soda to flour and sift three times.
Add flour to creamed mixture, mixing after each addition until smooth.
Pour into two 9-inch layer pans that have been greased and floured.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 25 minutes.