Chocolate Fudge Cake and Frosting

1/2 C crisco
1 stick butter
1 C water
4 T cocoa
dash of salt
2 C sugar
1C flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs beaten
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 c buttermilk (or 1 C milk 2 tsp vinegar)

Put shortenig, butter, water, cocoa and salt in saucepan. Bring to boil and remove from heat. Stir in sugar, flour, buttermilk and baking soda. Stir in eggs gently and vanilla. Batter will be this. Bake in greased 9x13 pan 400 for 25-30 minute.

Fudge Frosting
1 stick butter
1/2 C milk
4 T cocoa
1 lbs powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c nuts (optional)

Put butter, milk and cocoa in saucepan. Bring to boil. Rmove from heat and stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. Spread over cake

Easy Cake Truffles

Chocolate Fudge Cake Recipe (on this blog) baked as directed
16 oz fudge frosting
2 bags semi-sweet chocolate chips

Bake cake cool. Crumble cake into bowl and mix with frosting. Refrigerate for a few hours until stuff. Form balls in your hands. Can insert stick into ball. Melt chocolate in double boiler. Dip cake balls in melted chocolate and place on wax paper. while stil wet dip in sprinkles, nuts, etc.