All-American Chocolate Cake

All-American Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• 4 oz Unsweetened chocolate
• 1 c Shortening or 1/2 lb butter
• 2 ts Vanilla
• 2 c Cake flour
• 2 c Sugar
• 1 1/2 ts Baking powder
• 1 ts Baking soda
• 1 ts Salt
• 1 c Milk
• 4 Eggs

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350F. In a small, heavy-bottomed pan, melt chocolate
and shortening, stirring over low heat until smooth and melted.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. In large bowl, combine flour,
sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add chocolate mixture,
milk and eggs, beating until smooth. Spread mixture in two greased
and floured 9-inch round cake pans. Bake for 30-to-35 minutes or until
toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pans 5
minutes before turning out onto wire rack.