Christmas eve chocolate cake
6 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 2 | cups | Flour |
| ½ | cup | Shortening |
| ½ | cup | Butter Or Margarine |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| ¼ | cup | Cocoa |
| ½ | cup | Buttermilk |
| 2 | Eggs; Beaten | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking Soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla -Icing Ingredients--- |
| ½ | cup | Butter Or Margarine |
| ¼ | cup | Cocoa |
| 6 | tablespoons | Milk |
| 1 | Box Powdered Sugar | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | cup | Chopped nuts |
Directions
Cake: Sift flour and sugar together. Bring butter, shortening, water and cocoa to a boil in a sauce pan. Pour over flour mixture while still hot.
Add buttermilk, eggs, soda and vanilla. Spoon into a large baking sheet with sides. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Ice cake while still hot.
Icing: Combine butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts. Mix well. This recipe from the "Flat Rock Cookbook".
Recipe by: Alice Bauers, Flat Rock, Michigan Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 650 by PLK1028@... on Jan 31, 1998