Texas chocolate cake
1 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Plain flour |
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | pounds | Butter |
| ¼ | cup | Cocoa |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| ½ | pint | Sour cream |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| Icing: | ||
| ¼ | pounds | Butter |
| ⅓ | cup | Milk |
| ¼ | cup | Cocoa |
| 16 | ounces | Powdered sugar |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 1 | cup | Nuts |
Directions
Sift flour, sugar and salt into bowl. In sauce pan: 2 sticks butter, ¼ cup cocoa, 1 cup water. Bring to boil. Pour over ingredients in bowl. Add sour cream. add baking soda, eggs and 1 tsp vanilla. Mix well and pour into 18X12X1 pan. Bake 25-30 minutes at 350. Spread with icing while cake is still warm.
Icing: 1 butter, ⅓ cup milk, ¼ cup cocoa. Bring to hard boil for 1-2 minutes. Pour over box confectioners sugar. Add 1 tsp vanilla and 1 cup nuts.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 574 by "Linda Hendren" <LindaH@...> on Jan 21, 1998