FOR 12X8 CAKE
2 c Flour
2 c Sugar
1 c Baking cocoa
1 pn Salt
8 tb Salad oil (up to 10)
2 ts Baking soda
2 c Boiling water
1 Egg
1 ts Vanilla (up to 2)
FOR 13X9 CAKE
3 c Flour
3 c Sugar
1 1/2 c Baking cocoa
1 pn Salt
14 Tbsp.salad oil (up to 15)
3 ts Baking soda
3 c Boiling water
2 Eggs
2 1/2 ts Vanilla
GROH’S FROSTING
3 tb Flour
1/2 c Milk
1/2 c Shortening
1/2 c Sugar
1/2 ts Vanilla (up to 1)
1 pn Salt
Mix flour, sugar and cocoa in a large bowl. Add a pinch of salt and stir
again. Add oil and stir well. Put baking soda in another bowl.Add boiling
water, stir and quickly add to ingredients in large bowl; stir well. Drop
in egg/s and stir again. Add vanilla and stir. Bake in greased & floured
pan at 350 for about 1 hour.
Groh’s Frosting: Put flour in saucepan. Gradually add milk to flour. Heat
over low flame, stirring constantly, until mixture forms a paste. Cool
well. Beat shortening and sugar with electric mixer until well blended. Add
cooled flour/milk paste. Beat with mixer until light and fluffy, about 5
minutes. Aadd pinch of salt and vanilla.
* I usually make 1 1/2 recipe for the 13×9 size cake
Yields
1 Servings