Description
This is my mom's recipe. Its a cross between a cake and a fudgy brownie. Simular to texas sheet cake. I have fond memories of having this cake on sundays.
Ingredients
- Flour
- Sugar
- Butter
- Water
- Shortening
- Salt
- Cocoa
- Buttermilk
- Eggs
- Baking Soda
- Vanilla
- Cinnamon
- Milk
- Powdered Sugar
- Nuts
Instructions
- Do not use a mixer
- Combine flour and sugar in a large bowl
- In saucepan combine butter, water, shortening, cocoa and salt
- Bring to a boil
- Pour over flour mixture
- Combine buttermilk, eggs, soda, vanilla and cinnamon
- Add to the other mixture and mix all together
- Pour batter into a 9 x 12 greased pan
- Bake 22 minutes at 400 degrees fahrenheit
- When cake has baked 18 minutes, start combining in large bowl the 1 / 2 cup butter, 4 tablespoons cocoa, and 1 / 3 cup milk
- Bring to a boil and while boiling stir in 1 pound powdered sugar and 1 cup chopped nuts
- Do not remove from heat while stirring in sugar
- Pour over hot cake as soon as it is removed from oven