Preheat oven to 350
1/2 c butter
4 tbsp cocoa
1 tsp cinnamon
1 c water
2 c flour
2 c sugar
3 eggs
1 c buttermilk
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
Bring butter, cocoa, and water to boil. Add in flour sugar, eggs (one at a time, stirring well to prevent cooking), milk, soda, baking powder, and vanilla. Add together and blend well. Add buttermilk, cinnamon, soda. Grease and flour 9x13 baking pan. Pour in batter and bake 25 minutes.
Frosting:
1/2 c. butter
4 tbsp cocoa
6 tbsp milk
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 lb powdered sugar
1 c chopped nuts
Melt butter. Add cocoa, milk, salt, and vanilla.
Blend well and pour over powdered sugar, mixing until smooth. Add nuts.
Pour icing on cake while still hot.
*Aside from the Apple Walnut Cake this is my favorite cake recipe. My step-mom got it from a lady at church after she made it for a potluck and everyone devoured it. We made it often when I was a child, although we baked it in a jelly roll pan. I believe that is actually the traditional way of making it, but I don't have a jelly roll pan so I've always made it in a cake pan.
Is this Lindas?
ReplyDeleteYes. This is the one she used to make.
ReplyDeleteAs a testament to how good this is, I've been asked to make it more than a handful of times since moving to England (once I was even asked to teach a class on how to make it). And if Europeans want an American to make something chocolatey, that is a compliment because let's face it, we're pretty behind on the chocolate front.
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