Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. sugar
scant 1/2 c. shortening
1 egg
1/2 c. sour milk
1/2 c. boiling water
1 tsp. soda
2 heaping Tbsp. cocoa
1 2/3 c. flour
1 Tbsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening.
Add
egg
and
beat
well. Sift flour and cocoa.
Add to creamed mixture alternately with sour milk and water.
Add
vanilla.
Pour
into\t2 floured and greased 8-inch cake pans and bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes.