Hershey Prize Chocolate Cake

Hershey’s Prize Chocolate Cake

1/4 cup butter

2 cups sugar

¼ cup shortening

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 eggs

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup Hershey’s Cocoa

1-3/4 cups unsifted all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1-3/4 cups milk

Generously grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Cream butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy: blend in eggs.
Combine baking soda,cocoa. Pour, baking powder and salt in bowl: add alternately with milk to batter. Blend well. Pour into prepared pans; bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans.