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| Chocolate Whoopie Pie Cake |
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Directions:
1. Combine shortening, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.
2. In a seperate bowl combine dry ingredients: cocoa, flour, salt and baking soda.
3. Combine the flour mixture with the wet ingredients , until the batter is smooth.
4. For cake: pour into two 8 '' round greased cake pans, bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 30 minutes. For whoopie pies: drop batter on a cookie sheet and bake the cookies for about 15 minutes.
Frosting:
Cook together 2 1/2 tablespoon flour and 1/2 cup milk until thick, then let the mixture cool. Using an elextric mixer, cream together the flour and milk mixture with 1/2 cup shortening until fluffy. Then add 1/2 cup sugar while mixer is still running. Next add about 1 cup of confectioners sugar, and continue to mix until fluffy.
