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    Chocolate Fudge Pecan Cake & Icing


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    Presenter: Judy Dodd Catering
    Cake:
    2 cups sugar
    2 cups plain flour
    dash of salt
    1 stick butter
    1/2 cup Crisco
    6 tablespoons cocoa
    1 cup water
    1/2 cup buttermilk
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    l teaspoon cinnamon

    CHOCOLATE FUDGE PECAN ICING:
    1 stick butter
    1/3 cup Coke
    4 tablespoons cocoa
    1 lb. powdered sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/2 cup chopped pecans.





    Grease 9 X 13 cake pan and set oven to 375. Sift together: sugar, flour, & salt. In sauce pan,mix butter, Crisco, cocoa and water; boil, pour over flour mixture and mix. Add buttermilk, baking soda, eggs, vanilla, & cinnamon. Pour in prepared pan and bake for 35 minutes. Leave in pan and prepare icing.

    To Prepare Icing: in a medium sized saucepan, melt butter; add Coke and 4 tablespoons cocoa. Bring to a boil and remove from heat. Stir in: powdered sugar
    and vanilla. Beat with mixer until smooth. Stir in 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
    Quickly spread on cake.

    The icing is what really makes this cake. You can even put it on a cake made with cake mix and it is wonderful. And, this icing takes 5 minutes at the most to make and spread on the cake.







 

 

 


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