Cakes and Frostings

Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake

  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 Sticks Butter or margarine
  • 1 cup Water
  • 4 tablespoons Cocoa powder
  • 2 Eggs, beaten
  • 1/2 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla flavoring
  • ~ FROSTING
  • 1 stick Butter or margarine
  • 4 tablespoons Cocoa powder
  • 6 tablespoons Milk
  • 1 box Confectioner's sugar(powdered)
  • 1 cup Pecans, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla flavoring

    • Pre-heat oven to 350º.

    In large bowl, sift flour and re-sift with sugar. Set aside.

    Put butter, cocoa and water in saucepan. Bring to boil and then pour into flour and sugar mixture.

    In separatebowl mix eggs, buttermilk, soda and vanilla. Add this to flour mixture.

    Bake in greased and floured pan(9 x 13) for 30 minutes.

    FROSTING

    Mix butter, cocoa and milk in saucepan but do not let it boil.

    Remove from heat and add sugar, pecans and vanilla. Mix well.

    Frost cake as soon it comes out of oven!

    This recipe courtesy of the From My Kitchen Cookbook. 

    Contributed by Kevin Taylor of Fort Wayne, IN. 

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