Brown Sugar Fudge Cake W/ Vanilla Sauce

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 2 melted unsweetened chocolate squares
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup light cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 f degrees.
• 2 grease and dust (2) 9 x 1 1/2 inch layer pans and dust w/ flour.
• 3 sift flour, soda and salt into bowl.
• 4 add brown sugar, shortening and 2/3 of the buttermilk.
• 5 beat 2 minutes medium speed or 300 strokes by hand.
• 6 scrape sides and add rest of the ingredients.
• 7 beat 2 more minutes.
• 8 bake 30-35 minutes.
• 9 serve w/ ice cream and/or vanilla sauce below.
• 10 vanilla sauce: melt butter in medium saucepan.
• 11 remove from heat.
• 12 add remaining ingredients, mixing well.
• 13 simmer, stirring over low heat about 5 minutes or until the sugar is dissolved.
• 14 serve hot over pudding or cake.