Funny Cake

Name: Funny Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1 deep dish pie plate
Ingredients: 1/4 cup shortening; 1 cup sugar; 1 egg; 1 1/4 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup whole milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 1/2 cup sugar; 3/4 cup hot water; 1/4 cup cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

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Recipe by TheDancingCook

The funny thing is; the topping you mix and pour as the topping, actually ends up at the bottom of the pie as a crust. A recipe from my Nana. She stresses you have to use a "deep dish pie plate" as well as bake on the bottom rack of the stove.

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READY IN: 1hr

YIELD: 1 deep dish pie plate

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

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cup shortening
1

cup sugar
1

egg
1 ¹⁄₄

cups flour
1

teaspoon baking powder
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teaspoon salt
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cup whole milk
1

teaspoon vanilla
topping
¹⁄₂

cup sugar
³⁄₄

cup hot water
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cup cocoa
¹⁄₂

teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
Mix the first 8 ingredients, pour into a deep dish pie plate; must be"deep dished".
Mix the 4 ingredients for the topping; pour over top of the mixture in pie dish.
Bake at 350 degrees, for 35 to 45 minutes on bottom rack of oven.
*Thetopping should now be the at the bottom of the dish.

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