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Cinnamon Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake:

1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
¼ tsp. salt
1 c. water
½ c. vegetable oil
½ c. butter or margarine
¼ c. baking cocoa
2 eggs
½ c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. baking soda

Frosting:

½ c. butter or margarine
⅓ c. whipping cream
¼ c. baking cocoa
1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
3 c. confectioners' sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 c finely chopped walnuts
Directions:
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, combine the first 4 ingredients. In a saucepan, combine the water, oil, butter and cocoa; bring to a boil over medium heat. Pour over dry ingredients; mix well. Add eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and baking soda; mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 15 x 10 x 1 inch baking pan. Bake at 375º for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Meanwhile for frosting, combine the butter, cream, cocoa and cinnamon in a saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until butter is melted and mixture is heated through. Remove from the heat; beat in sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in walnuts. Carefully spread over hot cake. Cool completely.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
24-30
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This comes from the Taste of Home cookbook. (I obviously leave out the walnuts. ) I almost always use 2% milk in place of both the buttermilk and the cream because that's what I have in my fridge

 

 

 

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