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Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
For the Cake:

2 C. flour
2 C. sugar
¼ tsp. salt
4 Tbsp,. (heaping) Cocoa
2 Sticks butter
1 C. Boiling Water
½ C. Buttermilk
2 Whole (beaten) Eggs
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
1 Tsp. Vanilla


For the Frosting
½ C. Chopped Pecans
1¾ Sticks Butter
4 Tbsp. (heaping) Cocoa
6 Tbsp. Milk
1 Tsp. Vanilla
1 Box Powdered Sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Note:
You can use either an 18x13 Sheet Cake Pan ot
a 9x12 Cake Pan
Prepare pan with shortening and flour or Pam spray.

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.

In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together.
Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

Pour the buttermilk into a measuring cup, add the beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir the buttermilk mixture into the chocolate/butter mixture Pour into pan and bake at 350º.

While cake is baking, make the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add Cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together, add the pecans, and pour over the warm cake.

 

 

 

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