Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. cocoa
1 c. hot coffee
1/2 c. shortening
1 1/4 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. flour
3/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder

Preparation

Mix cocoa with hot coffee; set aside.
Mix shortening, sugar, eggs and vanilla.
Mix flour, salt, soda and baking powder and add to shortening mixture, alternating dry ingredients and cocoa mixture.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 40 minutes.
This is good with 7 Minute Icing.