Chocolate Shortcake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 stick margarine
1/2 c. Crisco
4 Tbsp. cocoa
1 c. water
1/2 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. soda
2 eggs

Preparation

Sift
flour, sugar and salt together; set aside.
Place butter, Crisco, cocoa and water in saucepan.
Bring mixture to a boil
and
pour over flour and sugar.
Stir well and add the buttermilk, vanilla, soda and eggs.
Beat well and pour into a 16 x
11-inch\tpan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 until done.\t(See \"Chocolate Icing\" recipe in this same section to ice this cake.)