Chocolate Sheet Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 sticks margarine
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Steps

1. In a bowl, sift together flour, sugar and baking soda.
2. Bring margarine, cocoa and water to a boil; pour over dry ingredients.
3. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla; stir well.
4. Pour into a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 20 to 30 minutes.

Notes

Newspaper clipping pasted onto paper; a blue-ink check mark is next to ‘2 sticks margarine’.

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