GRANDMA'S BLACK CHOCOLATE CAKE

2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
2 eggs, well beaten
1/2 c. sour milk
2 tsp. baking soda
2 c. flour
2 sq. chocolate, unsweetened
1 c. boiling water
Pinch of salt
1 tsp.vanilla

Cream butter or margarine and sugar together. Add eggs, well beaten and soda dissolved in sour milk. Add flour and chocolate dissolved in cup of boiling water. Add 1/4 tsp. salt and vanilla. Bake in 2 (9 inch) cake pans, floured and lined in waxed paper.

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GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

2/3 c. Crisco
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 c. boiling water
2 2/3 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
3/4 c. cocoa
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla

Boil water, add Crisco, and then cool. Add sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix well. Sift together flour, salt, cocoa, soda, and baking powder. Add to liquid mixture. (It will make a thin batter.) Grease a 9 x 12 inch glass baking dish and dust with flour. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 35 minutes.

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