Chocolate Cake (Mary Jo Tolbert)

Mary Jo Tolbert (good with the Browned Sugar Icing).

Sift together into one bowl:

2 cups sifted cake flour

3/4 t. soda

1 t. salt

1 1/2 cup sugar

Add:

1/2 cup shortening (original recipe calls for Snowdrift- which replaced shortening or butter in some recipes)

3/4 cup milk

Mix about 2 minutes.

Add:

1/4 cup milk

1 t. vanilla

2 eggs

3 squares unsweetend chocolate, melted and cooled

Bake 350F until done.