CHOCOLATE CAKE

By Admin Tuesday, January 1, 2019

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Chocolate cake 

2 sticks butter (NOT reduced-fat margarine)
1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Frosting:
1 stick butter(NOT reduced-fat margarine)
1/4 cup cocoa
6 tablespoons buttermilk
1 (16-ounce) box powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions: Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease and flour a 15-by-10-by-1-inch jellyroll pan (cookie sheet with sides). Melt margarine in pan. Add cocoa and water and bring to a rapid boil. Remove from heat. Add sugar, flour, soda and cinnamon and mix well. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. Pour into prepared bake and bake until done, about 20 minutes. (Cake also can be made in a 9-by-13-inch pan, but it will take longer to bake). Top with Icing.
For Icing: Melt butter . Add cocoa and buttermilk. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat and add powdered sugar, vanilla and Pour atop cooled cake. And spread!