Chocolate Medallion Cupcakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter or margarine
1/4 c. vegetable shortening
2 c. sugar
2 eggs (unbeaten)
2 c. sifted cake flour
1/8 tsp. salt
3/4 c. Hershey's cocoa
3/4 c. boiling water
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Cream butter and shortening together; add sugar gradually, creaming until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well each time.
Sift flour and salt together; set aside.
Make a smooth paste of the cocoa and boiling water; cool slightly.
Stir baking soda into buttermilk and add alternately with sifted flour to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Add cocoa-water mixture and blend well.
Blend in vanilla.
Bake 15 minutes in cupcake tins.