Sheath Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tsp. soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1/2 c. Crisco (8 Tbsp.)
4 Tbsp. cocoa
1 c. water
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. vanilla

Preparation

Add soda to 1/2 cup buttermilk and reserve.
Sift together flour and sugar.
Bring Crisco, cocoa and water to a boil.
Pour the hot mixture over the dry ingredients and mix in the buttermilk mixture, eggs and vanilla.
Pour into greased, floured 11 x 16-inch pan and bake 20 minutes at 400\u00b0.