Martin Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1/2 c. shortening
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. soda
2 sq. chocolate
1/2 c. hot water
2 c. flour
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar.
Melt chocolate in water on stove and add
to
creamed
mixture.
Add
soda to buttermilk, then add flour
and milk alternately to mixture.
Add vanilla, then eggs and mix (eggs must be added last or the cake will be ruined). Bake in 8-inch square or 9-inch round layers or in 9 x 13-inch pan at\t350\u00b0
for
25 minutes.\tMay bake as cupcakes too.