Best Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 4 tablespoons milk
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 bring to a boil the 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1/2 cup shortening, water and 1/4 cup cocoa.
• 2 remove from heat and add flour, sugar, 1/2 cup milk and vinegar.
• 3 mix well.
• 4 then add: eggs, baking soda and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 5 mix well until lumps are gone. pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan.
• 6 bake at 400 degrees f (205 degrees c) for 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 7 to make fudge frosting: combine in saucepan , 6 tablespoon butter or margarine, 4 tablespoons milk and cocoa.
• 8 bring to rolling boil.
• 9 remove from heat and add 3 cups confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• 10 beat until smooth.
• 11 spread on cooled cake.