Family Favorite Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs
3/4 tsp. baking soda
3/4 c. Hershey's cocoa
1 3/4 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. baking powder
1/8 tsp. salt
1 3/4 c. milk

Preparation

Grease and flour two 9-inch pans.
Cream butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy; blend in eggs.
Combine baking soda, cocoa, flour, baking powder and salt in bowl; add alternately with milk to batter.
Blend well.
Pour into prepared pans; bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool on wire racks.
Frost with favorite frosting.