Recipe - Christmas Eve Chocolate Cake

2 cup Sugar
2 cup Flour
One half cup Shortening
One half cup Butter Or Margarine
1 cup Water
One fourth cup Cocoa
One half cup Buttermilk
2 Eggs; Beaten
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Icing Ingredients
One half cup Butter Or Margarine
One fourth cup Cocoa
6 tablespoon Milk
1 Box Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Chopped nuts

Cake: Sift flour and sugar together. Bring butter, shortening, water and
cocoa to a boil in a sauce pan. Pour over flour mixture while still hot.
Add buttermilk, eggs, soda and vanilla. Spoon into a large baking sheet
with sides. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Ice cake while still
hot.

Icing: Combine butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts. Mix well. This
recipe from the "Flat Rock Cookbook".

Recipe by: Alice Bauers, Flat Rock, Michigan

Posted to recipeludigest Volume 01 Number 650 by PLK1028@aol.com on Jan
31, 1998