½ cup
shortening
1 cup
sugar
1 egg
¾ cup
buttermilk
1 tsp
vanilla
1½ cups
flour
½ cup
cocoa powder
½ tsp
soda
½ tsp
salt
Mix
shortening, sugar and egg. Stir in buttermilk and
vanilla. Sift together and stir in dry ingredients. Spread in greased
oblong
pan. Bake 20 minutes at 350°. When cool frost if
desired and
cut in squares.