Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup hot coffee
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Favorite Icing

• 1 cup milk
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Cake: Sift together dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
2. Add oil, coffee and milk; mix at medium speed for 2 minutes.
3. Add eggs and vanilla extract; beat 2 more minutes. (Batter will be thin.)
4. Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch cake pans.
5. Bake at 325 degrees F for 25 to 30 minutes.
6. Cool cakes for 15 minutes before removing from pans.
7. Cool on wire racks.
8. Favorite Icing: Combine milk and flour in a saucepan; cook until thick.
9. Cover and refrigerate.
10. In a mixing bowl, beat butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla extract until creamy.
11. Add chilled milk/flour mixture and beat for 10 minutes.
12. Frost cooled cake.