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Chocolate: The Best Chocolate Cake w/ Frosting

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter flavor crisco shortening
4 tbl cocoa powder
1 cup water
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter, softened
4 tbl cocoa powder
6 tbl milk (6 to 8)
3/4 pound powdered sugar


Recipe

Preheat oven to 400ºF. Ingredients must be mixed in proper order for best results. Cake: Sift flour, sugar, and salt together. Set aside. In a saucepan, mix butter, Crisco, water, and cocoa. Heat until it almost boils. Pour over dry ingredients. Beat well by hand. Add soda and buttermilk and beat gently only to mix. Add eggs and vanilla last. Mix gently. Pour into 9 x 13 inch greased and floured pan. Bake for 20 minutes only. 10 minutes into baking time, start to make frosting.

Frosting: Mix ingredients together in microwavable bowl. Heat in microwave until warm only. Pour over cake immediately after removing cake from oven.