Chocolate Sheet Cake

Here is another chocolate cake recipe made from scratch.

Chocolate Sheet Cake
Mrs. Virginia B. Skinner

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 pound margarine
1/2 cup shortening
4 Tablespoon cocoa
'1 cup water
2 eggs
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Sift together sugar and flour. Combine margarine , shortening , cocoa and water. Bring to a rapid boil and pour over flour and sugar mixture. Add eggs, slightly beaten, soda, buttermilk and vanilla. Mix well. Pour on greased 12 x 18-inch cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees.