Old Fashioned Chocolate Brownie Cake

Submitted by puppitypup

"This brownie-cake is so good! The best part is the frosting - very chocolaty but not too sweet. Originally from Esther Shank's Mennonite cookbook, tweaked just a bit by me."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Yields: 1 cake
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• CAKE

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup butter flavor shortening
• 1⁄3 cup cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt

• ICING

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄4 cup cocoa
• 6 tablespoons buttermilk
• 2 1⁄2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3⁄4 cup chopped nuts (optional)

directions

1. CAKE.
2. Preheat oven to 375F; grease and flour a 9x13 pan.
3. In a large microwave-safe bowl, combine butter, shortening, cocoa and water. Heat in microwave to boiling, stirring occasionally.
4. Meanwhile, in mixing bowl, combine sugar and flour.
5. Pour hot mixture over sugar and flour and mix to combine.
6. Add remaining cake ingredients and beat until well blended.
7. Pour into pan and bake for 35-45 minutes or until done (toothpick inserted comes out clean and when shaken, cake seems set).
8. Pour icing on cake immediately after taking it out of oven.
9. ICING.
10. In medium microwave-safe bowl, combine butter, cocoa and buttermilk in bowl and heat in microwave until boiling, stirring to occasionally.
11. Pour hot mixture into mixing bowl and add powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
12. Pour over hot cake right after removing from oven.
13. If using nuts, sprinkle over icing while still soft.
14. NOTE: If you prefer a thinner "brownie height" cake, bake in an 11 x 15 pan at 400°F for 20-25 minutes or until done.

Reviews

[Color Guard Mom]

YUM-MY!! This is quite a tasty cake. The bottom is rich, as is the top and the middle is a nice chocolate cake. Very good, Julie! Made for Potluck Tag Game.

 

[weekend cooker]

Delicious!! The kids dove right into it. I did add a dash more cocca, not that much. Plan on making another batch later this week. It was very soft, and chewy.