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Chocolate Sheet Cake

This is our favorite chocolate cake. It is rich and moist. Note: if you don't have the buttermilk on hand, put about 1 teaspoon of vinegar into 1/2 cup milk and let it sit for 15-20 minutes. ***note: if you don't have the butter flavor crisco, just increase the 1/2 cup butter to 1 cup of butter and omit the crisco. i've made it both ways and it is great either way.

Steps

Cake: stir first four ingredients together.
Put butter , crisco and water in saucepan and bring to a rapid boil.
Pour over flour mixture.
Add eggs and buttermilk that have been mixed with baking soda.
Add vanilla and beat until well mixed.
Bake in a greased cake pan.
Bake at 350 for approximately 25 minutes.
While cake is still hot , frost it.
Frosting: bring butter , cocoa and milk to a boil.
Add to powdered sugar.
Mix well.
Add vanilla and pecans.
Mix well.
Spread on hot cake.

Ingredients

flour, sugar, cocoa, cinnamon, butter, butter flavor crisco, water, eggs, buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla, milk, powdered sugar, pecans