Mmmmm Fudge Cake

Cocoa fudge cake
Always  a favourite

1 2/3 cup flour
1 ½ cup sugar
2/3-cup cocoa
1 /2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 ½ cup buttermilk
½ cup shortening
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla

Chocolate icing

Heat oven to 350 . Grease and flour rectangular pan 13*9*2, 2 round pans 8 or 9*1 ½, or 12-cup bundth(cake pan with hole in middle) cake pan. Beat all ingredients except frosting in large mixer bowl constantly, 30 seconds. Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 3 minutes. Pour into pan(s). Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, rectangular 35-40 minutes, layers 30-35mins, Bundth(cake pan with hole in middle) cake 40-45 minutes. Cool layers or bundth cake 10 minutes, remove from pan. Cool completely. Ice rectangular or fill and ice layers with the icing. You may sprinkle with powdered sugar.