Thursday, July 29, 2010

Chocolate Lover's Delight

1 stick butter
1 cup oil
2 cups flour
3 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
5 Tbsps. cocoa
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda

Heat the butter, oil, cocoa, water in a saucepan until the butter is melted, mix well. Combine the flour and sugar in a large bowl with a fork. Pour the heated mixture over the flour and sugar, add the eggs and mix together. Dissolve the baking soda in the buttermilk and add to the batter, mix thoroughly. Put batter into a 10 X 12 sheet pan and bake at 350 for 30 to 35 mins. until it tests done with a toothpick. Leave in the pan, spread on the Icing (see below) while cake is still hot.
Icing

1 stick butter
5 Tbsps. cocoa
4 Tbsps. evaporated milk
1 Tbsps. vanilla
1 box powdered sugar
1 cup finely chopped pecans

Melt butter in a sauce pan, add cocoa, milk, and vanilla, stir until mixed then remove from the heat. Mix in the sugar, adding a little more milk if necessary to make it a spreading consistency. Spread evenly over hot cake then sprinkle with the nuts.

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