Chocolate Candy Cake

Submitted by Dancer

• Ready In: 1hr 7mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 8-10

ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 4 teaspoons cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup margarine or 1 cup butter

• Chocolate Candy Icing

• 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 4 teaspoons cocoa
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 5 teaspoons milk
• 1⁄2 cup chopped nuts, optional

directions

1. Combine flour, sugar, and soda, combine water, margarine, and cocoa and bring to a full boil over medium heat.
2. Stir cocoa mixture slowly into flour mixture, add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla.
3. Stir until well blended and pour into a greased 13 x 8 x 2 inch pan.
4. Bake at 350 degree oven for about 35 minutes.
5. Chocolate Candy Icing: Combine margarine, cocoa, and mik and bring to a boil.
6. Add sugar, stir occasionally and cook 2 minutes over medium heat.
7. (Over stirring will cause icing to be sugary).
8. Remove from heat, add vanilla and nuts.
9. Cool icing a few minutes but pour on cake before icing becomes too thick.

Reviews

[Laudee]

This is a wonderful cake recipe, Dancer! So easy to mix up and bake. It turned out light and moist, and just plain good! Nice, too, cause it calls for ingredients I have on hand most of the time. Thanks so much for sharing. Will definitely be making this one again!