1 st mixture:
2 cups flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 tablespoons melted shortening
2 nd mixture:
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup nuts
|1st mixture: Mix dry ingredients well. Stir in milk. Beat well. Add
vanilla and melted shortening. Stir well. Pour in floured, greased pan.

2nd mixture: Mix the 2 ingredients together. Pour this mixture on top of
first mixture.

Pour 1 3/4 Cup boiling water on top of other mixtures.

Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes.