Gobs

Cake ingredients

1/2 cup shortening                                         1 tsp vanilla
2 cups sugar                                                  4 cup flour
3 eggs                                                           1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup cocoa                                               2 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk                                            1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup lukewarm water


Filling ingredients
7 1/2 Tbl flour1 1/2 cup milk
1 1/4 cup butter
1 1/2 cup of powdered sugar

Cakes
Mix and cream well shortening, sugar, eggs and cocoa.  Mix buttermilk and water together and to creamed mixture.  Add vanilla.  Sift dry ingredients flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and add to above mixture.  Drop by teaspoons on lightly greased cookie sheet and bake about six minutes in 375-400 oven.  Remove from oven, loosen gobs with a spatula and let cool.

Filling
Combine flour and mile and cook until thick.  Let cool and refrigerate fro a few hours.  Then cream butter, shortening and powdered sugar and salt for 10 min.  Add cooked mixture and beat well, then add vanilla.  Fill gobs

*in substitution of buttermilk you may use 1 cup of whole milk with 1 Tbl white wine vinegar
- Barbara Bodner Cunsolo