Granny'S Messy Chocolate Cake

• cake
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• chocolate icing
• 3 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 1 cup canned milk
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Cream shortening and sugar.
2. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each.
3. Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
4. Add alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour.
5. Add vanilla.
6. Pour into three 9 inch layer pans and bake in 350 degree oven until just barely done.
7. Remove from pans.
8. Slice each layer in half while still warm and pour chocolate icing between layers and on top.
9. The icing will run down into the cake.
10. CHOCOLATE ICING
11. Mix sugar, cocoa, milk, water, and butter in large sauce pan, cook and stir until it forms a soft ball in cold water.
12. Remove from heat and add vanilla.
13. Beat about one minute, pour over cake while hot.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/grannys-messy-chocolate-cake-275514 (may not work)