Name: Our Favorite Chocolate Cake
Yield: 14
Ingredients: Shortening - 8 tablespoons; Unsweetened chocolate, melted - 2 (1 ounce) squares; Eggs - 2; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; Milk - 1 cup; White sugar - 1 cup; All-purpose flour - 1 ¾ cups; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Vanilla extract - 2 ½ teaspoons; Instant coffee granules - 1 teaspoon; Milk - ¼ cup; Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¼ cup; Butter - 6 tablespoons; Confectioners' sugar - 5 cups; Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons

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Ingredients for - Our Favorite Chocolate Cake

1. Shortening - 8 tablespoons

2. Unsweetened chocolate, melted - 2 (1 ounce) squares

3. Eggs - 2

4. Baking soda - 1 teaspoon

5. Milk - 1 cup

6. White sugar - 1 cup

7. All-purpose flour - 1 ¾ cups

8. Salt - ½ teaspoon

9. Vanilla extract - 2 ½ teaspoons

10. Instant coffee granules - 1 teaspoon

11. Milk - ¼ cup

12. Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¼ cup

13. Butter - 6 tablespoons

14. Confectioners' sugar - 5 cups

15. Vanilla extract - 1 ½ teaspoons

How to cook deliciously - Our Favorite Chocolate Cake

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 13x9 inch cake pan.

2. Stage

Cream together the shortening and the white sugar. Add the melted chocolate and eggs, mix well.

3. Stage

Sift the flour with baking soda and salt. Add alternately with 1 cup milk to shortening mixture. Mix in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour batter into prepared pan.

4. Stage

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 to 30 minutes or until a toothpick stuck into the center of the cake comes out clean. Once cool frost with Coffee Frosting.

5. Stage

To Make Frosting: Mix together instant or leftover coffee, 1/4 cup milk or cream, cocoa powder, butter, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and confectioners' sugar until of spreading consistency.