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Secret Chocolate Cake
 
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Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Ready In: 45 Minutes
Servings: 8
Very easy sheet cake. The buttermilk really adds a nice twang. This recipe came from a local community cookbook called the Olive Chapel Community Cookbook . I believe it came out early 1970s. Nora Mills.
Ingredients:
2 cups self-rising flour
1 3/4 cups sugar
10 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup water
1/2 cup crisco
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup butter
2 eggs
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup chopped nuts
Directions:
1. Mix 1 cup water, 5 tablespoons cocoa, 1 stick butter, 1/2 cup crisco boil 1 minute.
2. Sift 2 cups self-rising flour, 1 3/4 cups sugar. Pour chocolate sauce into flour mixture. Add 2 eggs, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1/2 teaspoon soda and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat well. Pour into greased 9X13 inch pan. Bake 350 for 30 minutes.
3. Icing:.
4. 1 stick butter.
5. 1/2 cup buttermilk.
6. 5 tablespoons cocoa.
7. Boil 1 minute and add 1 box confectioner sugar and chopped nuts. Spread onto hot cake.
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