Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2 1/2           cups  flour
  2               cups  sugar
  1                cup  crisco butter flavored shortening sticks
     1/2           cup  cocoa
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
  1                cup  buttermilk
  2                     eggs
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
  2          teaspoons  soda
  1                cup  hot coffee

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, beat well. Sift dry ingredients together and add to cream mixture. Mix well. Add coffee LAST. Grease and flour 3 layer cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper. Pour mixture into the pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. Frost with favorite chocolate frosting.

Nutritional Information:

253 Calories (kcal); 2g Total Fat; (5% calories from fat); 5g Protein; 56g Carbohydrate; 32mg Cholesterol; 121mg Sodium