Mom's Chocolate Cake

My BF's DH loves this cake, you can add just about anything in place of the pecans.

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• Cake

• 2  cups flour
• 2  cups sugar
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 3 1⁄2 tablespoons  cocoa
• 1  cup water
• 1⁄2 cup  Crisco
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

• Icing

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 6  tablespoons milk
• 1  lb powdered sugar
• 3 1⁄2 tablespoons  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1⁄2 cup pecans

Directions

1. For the cake: Boil water, crisco, and butter until smooth.
2. Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. Blend butter mixture into dry mixture.
4. When well combined, mix in remaining ingredients as listed.
5. Pour into a greased and floured 9x13 inch pan.
6. Bake at 350 degrees until knife or toothpick comes out clean.
7. For icing: In a medium saucepan, bring butter and milk to a low boil.
8. In a mixing bowl, pour butter mixture over powdered sugar and cocoa.
9. Stir in vanilla and nuts.
10. When cake comes out of the oven, poke holes in it with a fork and pour icing over while still hot.
11. Stores great overnight.