3/4 c. boiling water
3 oz. chocolate, cut very fine
1 3/4 c. sifted flour
1 1/2 c. sugar
3/4 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
3/4 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. Crisco
1/3 c. thick sour milk or buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs, unbeaten
18 marshmallows, cut in half
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Put chocolate in mixing bowl. Pour boiling water over chocolate and stir until melted; cool. Sift flour, sugar, salt, baking powder and soda into chocolate mixture. Drop in Crisco; beat 2 minutes in mixer at low speed. Scrape bowl and spoon. Add sour milk, vanilla and eggs; beat.

Bake in square 8x8x2 pans in moderate oven (350 degrees) for 30-40 minutes.

While cake is warm, press marshmallows on one layer, turned bottom side up. Spread with minute-boil fudge frosting; put other layer on top. Add nuts to remaining frosting. Spread on top of cake.