Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups sugar
  
• 4 1/2 cups flour
  
• 1/2 cup shocolate
  
• 1/2 cup hot lard or butter
  
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
  
• 1 tablespoonful vanilla
  
• 1/2 cup hot water with
  
• 1 teaspoon of soda desolved in it
  

Instructions:

• None are included on this recipe page..
  

Notes:

• This was among my mom's hand written recipies.
  
• The page documents: From Miss Polly Mendenhall
  
• I clearly remember that every time we passed "the old Mendenhall place" on the road to grandma's house that either dad or mom would tell some story (fond memory) about one of the Mendenhalls..
  
• I suppose that specific instructions were not considered important since everyone (back then) already knew how to make Devils Food Cake.
  
• If you do not know how to make Devils Food Cake, I'm sorry to inform you that the specific instructions did not being with "Pour the box's contents into a bowl and beat into it 1 cup cold water . . ."
  
• However, maybe you can pick up some tips from another of her recipes: Devils Food Cake