Chocolate Sheet Cake (Lady's) |
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Prep Time: 45 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes |
Ready In: 70 Minutes Servings: 12 |
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This is my great-grandmother's recipe, whose nickname was Lady. The cake is extremely moist, almost gooey in the center, and the icing is very fudge-like. Ingredients:
4 tablespoons cocoa powder |
8 tablespoons butter (melted) |
1 cup water |
1/2 cup shortening (melted) |
2 cups sugar |
2 cups flour |
1/2 cup buttermilk |
1 teaspoon baking soda (scant) |
2 eggs |
1 teaspoon vanilla |
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon |
8 tablespoons butter |
4 tablespoons cocoa powder |
6 tablespoons evaporated milk |
1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar (sifted) |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In pot on stove combine and bring to a boil 1st 4 ingredients.
3. Pour into mixing bowl with sugar and flour.
4. Mix.
5. Add buttermilk, soda, vanilla, and cinnamon.
6. Bake for 25 minutes in a 10X14 pan. (Check center of cake with a toothpick for doneness; it's all right for a few moist crumbs to stick to the toothpick.).
7. While cake is baking, make frosting:.
8. In pot on stove combine and bring to a boil butter, cocoa, and evaporated milk.
9. Pour into mixing bowl with powdered sugar.
10. Mix.
11. Add vanilla. Icing will be very thick; you may thin it with a few drops of evaporated milk if desired, but keep it thick.
12. Ice cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.
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