Grandma's chocolate cake

Chocolate Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting In Memory of Doris Threadgold

¼ cup buttermilk

¼ cup shortening

2 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 cup flour

¾ cup cocoa

¾ cup boiling water

1 ½ teaspoon baking soda

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream butter, shortening, and sugar. Add eggs. Mix cocoa and water and add to other mixture. Add flour, soda, buttermilk, and vanilla. Bake in 9 X 13 inch pan at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Frosting

3 cups brown sugar

1 tablespoon corn syrup

1 cup cream

Boil to soft ball. Cool and beat. Takes a lot of beating. 

Kathie made this for Donald's birthday.  It seems like when somebody is not at their own house they can not find the recipe so I will put it on the blog.