Buttermilk Chocolate Cake

• 3 eggs
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 2 cup sugar
• 1 Tblsp. Baking powder
• 1 cup shortening
• 2 tsp. soda
• 3 cup flour
• 1 Tblsp. Cinnamon
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• ½ tsp cloves
• Pinch salt
• pinch all-spice
• 1 cup nuts, chopped
• 2 Tblsp. Cocoa

Sift dry ingredients together. Cream shortening & sugar in another bowl. Add eggs and beat. Add buttermilk and dry ingredients alternately. Pour into 9 x 13 greased baking pan for thick cake or jelly roll pan for thin cake. Bake at 350° for about 45 minutes for thick cake and 20 minutes for thin cake.