Recipe - Pineapple-Topped Cocoa Cake

Three fourths cup Baking Cocoa
1 cup Boiling Water
2 One half cup Sifted Unbleached Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
One half cup Vegetable Shortening
2 cup Sugar
2 lg Eggs, Separated
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 cup Cold Water

PINEAPPLE TOPPING
1 tablespoon Cornstarch
One half cup Sugar
Pinch Of Salt
8 Three fourths ounce Crushed Pineapple,
Undrained (1 can)

COCOA ICING
2/3 cup Sifted Confectioners' Sugar
4 teaspoon Baking Cocoa
4 teaspoon Milk

Combine the cocoa and 1 cup of boiling water in a bowl and cool completely.

Sift the flour, baking soda and salt together and set aside.

Cream the shortening together in a mixing bowl until light and fluffy,
using an electric mixer set on medium speed. Add the egg yolks and beat
well. Blend in the vanilla extract.

Add the dry ingredients alterantely with 1 cup of cold water to the creamed
mixture, beating well after each addition, using an electric mixer set at
low speed. Blend in the cooled cocoa mixture.

Using another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form, using clean
beaters, on an electric mixer set at high speed. Fold the egg whites into
the chocolate mixture until no white streaks show. Pour the batter into a
greased 13 X 9 X 2inch baking pan.

Bake in a preheated 375 degree F. oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until the
cake tests done. Cool the cake completely, in the pan on a wire rack. When
cold, spread the cake with the Pineapple topping and drizzle with the cocoa
Icing.

PINEAPPLE TOPPING:

Combine the cornstarch, sugar and salt in a 2quart saucepan. Add the
pineapple and juice. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the
mixture boils. Remove from the heat and cool completely.

COCOA ICING:

Combine the confectioners' sugar, cocoa, and milk in a bowl and beat until
smooth.

From The Farm Journal's Complete Home Baking Book Copyright 1979