Old-Fashioned Cocoa Cake

Ingredients

• 23 c butter or margarine
• 1 23 c sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 c all-purpose flour
• 23 c cocoa
• 1 14 tsp baking soda
• 14 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 13 c sweet milk
• 12 c crushed peppermint candy optional

Directions

1. Cream butter or margarine sugar and eggs until fluffy
2. Beat on high speed of mixer 3 minutes
3. Reduce speed to low
4. Combine flour cocoa baking powder and salt
5. Add alternately with milk to creamed mixture
6. Blend in crushed candy
7. Pour into 2 greased and cocoa dusted 9-inch cake pans
8. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes Cool 10 minutes
9. Remove from pans
10. Frost with frosting of your choice