Mrs. Moore's Chocolate Cake
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- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
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1 cake
ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
- 3 -4 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Icing
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 6 tablespoons buttermilk
- 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Cake: Sift flour and sugar together.
- Heat butter, cocoa, water and oil until it boils.
- Pour hot mixture over flour and sugar.
- Mix well by hand!
- Add buttermilk and soda.
- Add eggs and vanilla.
- Mix well.
- Bake in a well greased and floured 9x13 pan at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
- Icing: Mix butter, cocoa and buttermilk in heavy sauce pan.
- Heat until boils.
- Remove from heat.
- Add powdered sugar and mix well.
- Add pecans or walnuts and vanilla.
- Pour over cake while cake is still hot.
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Reviews
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Excellent cake! I halved the recipe. I used milk soured with lemon juice because I NEVER have buttermilk! I baked it in round corning casserole dish (7.5inches?) for 20 minutes then covered it tightly with foil and baked an additional 25 minutes. So a steamed cake? I guess? It came out so well! I've made this several times now and am about to make 2 more to take camping next week. Thanks for the great recipe. :)
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