Ready In: 1hr 50mins
Ingredients: 13
Serves: 16
INGREDIENTS
- 1cup vegetable shortening
- 2cupssugar
- 4eggs
- 2teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2teaspoon baking soda
- 1teaspoon salt
- 1cup buttermilk
- 4ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted
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GLAZE INGREDIENTS
- 2unsweetened chocolate squares
- 2tablespoons butter
- 1cup confectioners sugar
- 2 -3tablespoons water
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan.
- Cream shortening at medium speed of mixer.
- Gradually add sugar until well mixed.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg.
- Blend in vanilla extract.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add alternately with buttermilk to the creamed mixture.
- Continue mixing well.
- Mix in the melted chocolate last.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 90 minutes or until cake tests done.
- Cool cake in pan on rack for about ten minutes, then turn out and let cake cool completely.
- You may sprinkle with confectioners sugar or top with chocolate glaze.
- For glaze, microwave chocolate and butter together, in a medium sized bowl, until melted.
- Mix in confectioners sugar and just enough water to make a smooth glaze.
- Pour glaze over cake and let trickle down the sides.
