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1/2 c HERSHEY’S Cocoa
1/2 c Boiling water
2/3 c Shortening
1 1/2 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 Eggs
2 c All-purpose flour
1 1/2 ts Baking soda
1/2 ts Salt
1 1/3 c Buttermilk or sour milk*
16 oz Creamy vanilla frosting
– (canned, ready-to-spread)
– (or more, if desired)
Blue food color
2 c Fresh strawberries
— cut into pieces
1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 15-1/2×10-1/2×1-inch jelly
roll pan.
2. In small bowl, stir together cocoa and water until smooth. In large
bowl, beat shortening, sugar, vanilla and eggs. Stir together flour,
baking soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to shortening
mixture. Stir in cocoa mixture. Spread batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake 28 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center
comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.
4. Remove about 3/4 cup frosting; add food color to 1/2 cup frosting
to tint desired shade of blue. Set aside the blue frosting and about
1/4 cup vanilla frosting.
5. Spread remaining vanilla frosting over top of cake. Spread blue
frosting in upper left corner. Pipe stars in blue field with reserved
1/4 cup vanilla frosting. Shortly before serving, place strawberries
in seven rows to represent red stripes of flag. About 15 servings.
* To sour milk: Use 2 teaspoons white vinegar plus milk to equal 2/3
cup.
Hershey’s is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.
Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.
Meal-
Yields
15 Servings
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