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Cake: Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients



• 1 cup butter
  
• 1 cup water
  
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
  
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 2 eggs beaten
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
  
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 2 cups granulated sugar
  
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
  
• Frosting
  
• 1/2 cup butter
  
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  
• 1/3 cup buttermilk
  
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 1 cup chopped pecans
  
• 1 pinch of salt
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9x13" baking pan.
   
   
2. In a sauce pan melt 1 cup of butter. Stir in 1 cup of water and 4 tablespoons cocoa. Remove from heat and set aside.
   
   
3. In a medium bowl, dissolve baking soda in 1/2 cup buttermilk. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the cooled cocoa mixture.
   
   
4. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the cocoa buttermilk mixture. Stir until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
   
   
5. Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Ice the cake with buttermilk pecan icing while cake is still warm.
   
   
6. For The Icing: In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter with 4 tablespoons cocoa. Stir in 1/3 cup buttermilk and heat until almost boiling. Stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla salt and pecans. Remove from heat. Mix well and pour over warm cake.
   
   
7. Makes 18 servings at 442 calories each.