The Best Chocolate Cake You Ever Ate recipe

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Ingredients

2 cups white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ cup butter
½ cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ cup butter
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup milk
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

Nutrition Info

334.6 calories
carbohydrate: 46.7 g
cholesterol: 36.2 mg
fat: 16.4 g
fiber: 1.4 g
protein: 2.7 g
saturatedFat: 6.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 216.9 mg
sugar: 36.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch pan.

  2. Sift 2 cups white sugar and 2 cups flour together, set aside.

  3. In a sauce pan, combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, oil, water, and 1/4 cup cocoa. Bring mixture to a boil, remove from heat and add to dry ingredients.

  4. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk, add with eggs, salt, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla to cocoa, flour mixture and stir well.

  5. Pour batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes.

  6. To Make Frosting: Five minutes before cake is done combine 1/2 cup butter,1/4 cup cocoa and 1/4 cup milk in saucepan and bring to a boil.

  7. Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and chopped pecans. Pour frosting over hot cake. Cake remains moist and may be frozen. Serves 20.

Recipe Yield

1 - 9x13 inch cake

Recipe Note

I make this cake over and over. It is easy to put together and the frosting of the cake is easy and fast. It goes fast around my house.

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