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Crazy Chocolate Cake
This is my grandmother's war-time cake (no eggs) and is my family's favorite by far!
Cake:
- 3 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp. Salt
- 2 tsp. Baking soda
- 8 Tbls. Cocoa
- 3/4 cup oil
- 2 Tbls. Vinegar
- 2 tsp. Vanilla
- 2 cups water
White Icing (everyone loves the icing so much we usually double it!):
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1/2 cup Shortening (Crisco)
- 1 cup Sugar
- 3/4 cup Milk
- 1 tsp. Vanilla
Instructions:
For the cake, combine the dry ingredients in a 13" x 9" pan. Mix the oil, vinegar and vanilla and pour over dry mixture. Pour 2 cups water over all ingredients and mix well with a fork. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. (Bake at 325 if using a glass pan.)
For the icing, blend butter and shortening. Add sugar a little at a time. Heat milk, but not scolding and add a little at a time. Add vanilla. Turn mixer on high and beat until peaks form.
