Recipe - Rich Chocolate Cake--Taste Of Home Version

1 cup Vegetable oil
One half cup Cocoa
2 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Buttermilk
2 One fourth cup All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Hot water
2 teaspoon Baking soda

Combine oil, cocoa and sugar in mixing bowl and beat on low speed until
wellmixed. Add eggs; beat on medium speed until well blended. Add salt,
buttermilk, flour and vanilla. Add to mixture on low speed until combined;
then beat on high speed for 2 minutes. Add soda to hot water; dissolve
well. Add gradually to cake batter and mix just until combined. (Batter
will be very thin before baking.) Bake in greased and floured 13x9 inch
baking pan or 2 layer pans at 375 for 40 minutes. Test with a toothpick in
center of cake for doneness. Frost with Chocolate Fudge Frosting, if
desired.

Recipe by: Taste of Home Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #753 by L979@aol.com
on Aug 21, 1997