Cocoa Medallion Cake

By Tinkysmom55

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup Hershey's® cocoa
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup boiling water
• 1/4 cup Crisco
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk

Preparation

Step 1

1. Grease sides of two 9" round cake pans; line bottoms with waxed paper. Stir together cocoa and boiling water until smooth. Cool and set aside.

2. Cream butter or margarine, Crisco and sugar until light and fluffy; blend in salt, eggs and vanilla.

3. Stir baking soda into buttermilk; add alternately with flour to creamed mixture. Add reserved cocoa mixture; blend thoroughly. Pour batter into pans; bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan; remove from pans and cool completely and frost.