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

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.