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Mary's Chocolate Cake with Whipped Icing

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 16
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Cake
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

Cake
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup cocoa
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup black coffee
Icing
  • 4 Tbsp flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup solid shortning
  • 1 T vanilla
  • 1 cup sugar

Method
 

Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease a 9x13 baking pan
  2. Mix dry ingredients together
  3. Add wet ingredients one at a time, beating well after each addition. Batter will be thin and bubbly.
  4. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 30-40 minutes until done.
Icing
  1. While cake is cooking, Boil flour and milk together until really thick. Then put in refrigerator to get cold
  2. Beat butter and shortening and sugar until fluffy.
  3. Add in flour mixture a little at a time and beat until fluffy - 8 to 10 minutes. Add vanilla and beat. Ice cake