2 c  All purpose flour
     1 ts Salt
     1 ts Baking powder
     2 ts Baking soda
   3/4 c  Unsweetened cocoa
     2 c  Sugar
     1 c  Vegetable oil
     1 c  Hot coffee
     1 c  Milk
     2    Eggs
     1 ts Vanilla extract
FAVORITE ICING
     1 c  Milk
     5 tb All-purpose flour
   1/2 c  Butter, softened
   1/2 c  Shortening
     1 c  Sugar
     1 ts Vanilla extract
 Sift together dry ingredients. Add oil, coffee and milk; mix at medium
 speed for two minutes. Add eggs and vanilla; beat two more minutes. (Batter
 will be thin.)  Pour into two greased and floured 9in. cake pans. Bake at
 325′ for 25-30 minutes. Cool cakes for 15 minutes before removing from
 pans. Cool on racks.
 Favorite Icing: Cook milk and flour in a saucepan until thick. Cover and
 refrigerate.  (I make this before I start the cake) In a mixing bowl, beat
 butter, shortening, sugar and vanilla until creamy. Add chilled milk/ flour
 mixture and beat for 10 minutes. (Really?!) Frost cooled cake and enjoy.
                 
                 Yields       
                1 Servings                
