Devil's Food Cake

This recipe was taken from a cook book called Croton Centenial Cook Book. This was a cook book that my great grandma owned

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 6-12
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• 1  cup white sugar
• 1⁄4 cup shortening
• 1  egg
• 1⁄4 cup  sour milk
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  cup flour
• 2  tablespoons  cocoa
• 1  pinch salt
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup boiling water

Directions

1. Cream sugar, shortening; add egg and sour milk with soda dissolved in it; add flour and cocoa and salt, then add boiling water and the vanilla, mixture will be thick before adding the water last, makes a square cake or double the ingredients for a layer cake.
2. Bake at 350 degrees till soft to touch.