Grandma's picnic chocolate cake

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       Title: Grandma's Picnic Chocolate Cake
  Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
       Yield: 9 servings
  
     1/3 c  Shortening
       1 c  Sugar
       1    Egg
       1 ts Vanilla
   1 1/3 c  Cake flour; unsifted
       1 ts Baking soda
     1/2 ts Salt
     1/2 c  Cocoa
       1 c  Buttermilk
  
   Cream shortening and sugar.  Add egg and vanilla and beat
   thoroughly at high speed.  Mix flour, baking soda and salt.
    Sift together once or twice then mix into cocoa.  Add to
   creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk (flour mixture
   first and last) using low to medium speed on mixer, just
   enough to mix well.  Pour into 8x8" pan.  Bake at 350
   degrees for 1/2 hour.
  
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