#2172 - Scratch Devil's Food Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups flour + 1 TBSP flour
2 tsp. baking soda
3 heaping TBSP Hershey's cocoa
1/4 tsp. salt
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
2 eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
3/4 cup hot water (not boiling)
1 tsp. vanilla
Frosting: 1 heaping cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed); 1 TBSP Crisco shortening; 1 TBSP butter; 1/2 cup milk; 1 lb. Domino's powdered sugar; 1 tsp. vanilla

In a mixer add white sugar and 1/2 cup Crisco--beat. Add eggs--beat. Add vanilla, baking soda, cocoa and salt--beat. Add buttermilk--beat. Add all of the flour--beat. Remove bowl from mixer--add hot water--stir with a spoon until smooth. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Frosting: in a saucepan add brown sugar, 1 TBSP Crisco, butter and milk--turn heat to medium. Cook/stir until boiling--once boiling cook for 3 minutes. Remove from heat--cool slightly. Add powdered sugar and vanilla--stir until smooth. Cool cake completely. Frost the cake.