Recipe By : Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time: 0:00 Categories : Cakes 1/2 cup shortening 2 cups granulated sugar 2 large eggs 3 tablespoons cocoa 1 pinch salt 3 cups flour 2 teaspoons soda 2 cups buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla Cream together shortening and sugar. Add eggs and cocoa. Cream well. Add salt. Sift four and soda together. Add alternately with buttermilk. Mix well. Add vanilla. Pour into 2 9-inch layer pans. Bake 350 degrees. 30 minutes. Test. Yield: "2 layers"

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 4215 Calories; 123g Fat (25.9% calories from fat); 71g Protein; 720g Carbohydrate; 16g Dietary Fiber; 441mg Cholesterol; 802mg Sodium. Exchanges: 19 1/2 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat; 2 Non-Fat Milk; 22 Fat; 27 Other Carbohydrates. NOTES: From Mary Lou's Aunt Dora.