Best Ever Chocolate Cake

cakes, chocolate

2 1/2 cup sugar
1 cup shortening or 2 sticks oleo
2 eggs
2 1/2 cup flour (packed)
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup boiling water
2 scant tsp. soda

Cream sugar and shortening and add eggs, one at a time. Sift flour three times with cocoa and salt. Add alternatley with buttermilk. Add soda and water and add to above ingredients. Grease and flour 9 x 13 x 2 inch pan. Bake at 300 degrees for 90 minutes. Test for doneness. Cool and ice with your favorite icing. (Subliminal message: Your favorite icing is CHOCOLATE...) Recipe by: Anne Alford Found in: Talk About Good Shared by: Scott Ward