Cape Cod Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
1 3/4 C. cake flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 C. sugar
1/2 C. shortening
1 C. plus 2 Tbsp. evaporated milk
2 unbeaten eggs
2 squares melted chocolate
1 tsp. vanilla
Cooking 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 brown 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.
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