Bevie Hummel's Devils Food Cake

1 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 3 eggs 1/2 cup cocoa Boiling water

1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup sour milk

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. Cream together sugar and butter in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs one at a time and beat well. Measure 1/2 cup cocoa in a large measuring cup. Fill to the 1-cup line with boiling water. Stir to blend thoroughly, then add to egg mixture. Add vanilla and beat well. Sift flour, soda and salt together; add alternately to egg mixture with sour milk. Pour into greased and floured 9x13" baking pan; bake for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.

Notes:
When I was a little girl, this was one of the recipes that I liked to make. The recipe was in an old paperback cookbook from Gordon, Nebraska, that my mother had, and Bevie Hummel was listed as the contributor. Sometime I copied the recipe onto a page from my spelling workbook, and somehow I still have that page. The original recipe was just a list of ingredients, but I have added some directions here to make it "proper". The batter will be thin, but the baked cake will be fine.