Prep Time: 10 minutes
Make the icing 5 minutes prior to removing from the oven. Spread onto a hot cake.
Lynne's Recipe for a Southern Living Texas Supplement
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Ingredients:
2 cups all-purposed flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 cup water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 large, lightly beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
CHOCOLATE FROSTING
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/3 cup milk can use buttermilk
1 (16-ounce) package powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans |
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Instructions:
Cake directions: Combine butter and shortening, cocoa and water, in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until butter and shortening melt. Remove from heat. and pour over sugar mixture. Stirring until dissolved. Cool slightly. Stir in buttermilk or milk and next 3 ingredients(eggs, soda and vanilla) Pour into a greased and slightly floured pan 15 x 10 inch jelly roll pan. Bake at 400 F degrees for 20 minutes. (Cake will have a fudgelike texture.) Bake cake 20 minutes and Icing for 10 minutes.
Chocolate Icing: makes 4 cups. Combine butter, cocoa, and milk in a medium saucepan. Cook over low heat 5 minutes. or until margarine melts. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in sugar and vanilla. and stir in sugar, vanilla and pecans. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until sugar melts and it is smooth.'
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