Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 4 tablespoons shortening
• 1 egg
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• frosting
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• water, to make it spreadable
• vanilla

Recipe

• 1 mix all dry cake ingredients. add boiling water, egg and vanilla.
• 2 pour into greased and floured 13x9 inch pan. bake for 45 minutes at 350 degrees. if you have a hot oven, check at 35 minutes. toothpick in center should come out clean when done.
• 3 for frosting, mix dry ingredients, add water, vanilla and pb and mix well. add more 10x, pb or cocoa depending on consistency and taste.
• 4 cool cake before frosting. this cake tends to lose it's top layer when frosted (it has a glossy top layer which is very moist) but if you like a heavy, dark chocolate cake, it is worth the effort. just frost gently.