Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 stick butter
4 Tbsp. cocoa
1 c. water
1/2 c. Crisco
2 eggs
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
Icing for Chocolate Cake

Preparation

Sift flour.
Combine with sugar and set aside.
Put the next 4 ingredients together in saucepan and bring to a boil.
Pour over sugar/flour mixture; mix well.
Add eggs, buttermilk, cinnamon, soda and vanilla.
Beat well.
Bake in 10 3/4-inch wide, 1-inch deep and 16-inch long pan for 20 minutes at 400\u00b0.
Spread with Icing for Chocolate Cake from this same book.
Sprinkle nuts over top, if desired.