Gob Cake

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups white sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking soda
• 6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup white sugar

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Mix the flour, 2 cups of the sugar, baking soda, 6 tablespoons of the cocoa, salt, vegetable oil, vinegar, 2 teaspoons vanilla, and the water together. Stir until just combined. Pour batter into on ungreased 13x9 inch baking pan.
3. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 30 to 35 minutes. Let cake cool than ice.
4. To Make Icing: Beat together the butter or margarine, vegetable shortening, 1 cup sugar, milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Continue beating for 10 minutes. Spread over cooled cake.

allpurpose, white sugar, baking soda, cocoa, salt, vegetable oil, distilled white vinegar, vanilla, water, butter, shortening, milk, vanilla, white sugar

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7640/gob-cake/ (may not work)