Mom'S Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
4 Tbsp. shortening
2 eggs
1 c. cocoa
2 c. flour
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream together the sugar, shortening and eggs.
In another bowl, mix the cocoa with hot water to make paste, then add enough sour milk to make 2 cups of cocoa mixture.
Sift flour with soda; alternate milk and flour into creamed ingredients.
Add vanilla. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1/2 hour.