1/4 cup shortening

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup Hershey's Cocoa

1-3/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1-3/4 cups milk

 

Generaously grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.  Cream butter, shortening, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy; blend in eggs.

 

Combine baking soda, cocoa, flour, baking powder, and salt in bowl; add alternately with milk to batter.  Blend well.  Pour into prepared pans; bake at 350 deg. for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans.