Salad Dressing Chocolate Cake With Easy Shortening Icing

This recipe has been in my family forever. I grew up on it and has always been my favorite. It came from the time when eggs were not readily available. People are put off by the idea of "salad dressing" or Miracle Whip in a cake, but it is so moist and delicious! I tend to make this in two 9" round pans.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 8-12

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
• 3  tablespoons  cocoa
• 1  cup Miracle Whip
• 1  cup warm water
• 2  teaspoons baking soda (level)
• 2  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

• Icing

• 4  tablespoons flour
• 1  cup milk
• 1  cup shortening
• 1  cup sugar
• 1  dash salt
•  vanilla

Directions

1. Stir sugar and cocoa together.
2. Add salad dressing and mix well.
3. Dissolve soda in warm water.
4. Alternate water (with soda) with flour into cream mixture.
5. Mix well.
6. Add vanilla.
7. Bake 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
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9. Icing.
10. Boil 4 T flour and 1 C milk to thin paste. Cool to lukewarm.
11. Cream together:
12. 1 C shortening
13. 1 C sugar
14. dash salt.
15. Add cooled paste to creamed mixture. Beat. Add vanilla. Beat until fluffy.