Mary Jo Tolbert (good with the Browned Sugar Icing).
Sift together into one bowl:
2 cups sifted cake flour
3/4 t. soda
1 t. salt
1 1/2 cup sugar
Add:
1/2 cup shortening (original recipe calls for Snowdrift- which replaced shortening or butter in some recipes)
3/4 cup milk
Mix about 2 minutes.
Add:
1/4 cup milk
1 t. vanilla
2 eggs
3 squares unsweetend chocolate, melted and cooled
Bake 350F until done.