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Cocoa Medallion Cake
Prep

20m

Cook

40m

Wait

2h

Category: Desserts

Ingredients

For 1 Batch(es) Serving size

Recipe

¾ cup(s) unsweetened cocoa
¾ cup(s) boiling water
¼ cup(s) butter, softened
¼ cup(s) shortening
2 cup(s) sugar
1 teaspoon(s) vanilla
teaspoon(s) salt
2 eggs
1 ½ teaspoon(s) baking soda
1 cup(s) buttermilk
1 ¾ cup(s) flour

Cocoa Medallion Cake Directions

  1. Stir together, cocoa and boiling water until smooth, set aside.
  2. Cream together butter, shortening, sugar, vanilla and salt in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Stir baking soda into buttermilk, add alternately with flour to creamed mixture, blend in cocoa mixture.
  3. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch layer pans or 8 inch square pans. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans, then cool completely, frost as desired.
  4. You can use sour milk instead of buttermilk. Just