Collectors Cocoa Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 c. butter or margarine
1 3/4 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 c. unsifted all-purpose flour
3/4 c. cocoa (3 oz.)
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/3 c. water

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350\u00b0.
Cream butter or margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Beat 1 minute at medium speed.
Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
Add alternately with water to creamed mixture.
Pour batter into 2 greased and floured cake pans.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 35 to 40 minutes for 9-inch pans.
Cool for 10 minutes.
Remove from pans.
Cool and frost.
May be baked in a 9 x 13 x 2-inch pan for 35 to 45 minutes or until pick comes out clean.