Cape Cod Chocolate Cake

Cape Cod Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 c Cake flour
• 2 ts Baking powder
• 1/4 ts Soda
• 1 ts Salt
• 1 1/2 c Sugar
• 1/2 c Shortening
• 1 c Plus 2 T evaporated milk
• 2 Unbeaten eggs
• 2 Squares melted chocolate
• 1 ts Vanilla

Instructions:

Stir flour, baking powder, soda, salt and sugar into a mixing bowl.
Drop shortening and milk into dry ingredients. Do not dilute the
evaporated milk, use full strength. Beat, beat, beat for about 2
minutes on low speed in an electric mixer. Add eggs and melted
chocolate. Lastly add vanilla. Beat all together for 1 minute. Scrape
down and beat again for another minute. Turn into two layer cake pans
and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes. Frost with butter cream
frosting to which 1/2 c walnuts, chopped fine have been added.