Ingredients: |
Ingredients: 1. Mix, Sift Together, Sift Again, and Set Aside
2 Cups Flour
2 Cups Sugar
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
2. Mix Together and Set Aside
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
What? No buttermilk? Mix 1½ tsp lemon juice or vinegar plus enough milk to make ½ cup. Let stand 5 minutes before using, but not much longer…
1 tsp Vanilla
2 Eggs, beaten Whisk the eggs fully, or the cake won’t be fluffy.
1 Tbsp Oil makes the cake extra moist.
3. BOIL
1 Stick Butter
1/2 Cup Crisco
4 tsp Cocoa
1 Cup Water
4. Combine and Whisk the above 3 Mixtures Together
5. Pour cake mixture into a Greased & Floured Sheet Cake Pan
6. Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Toothpick test1 at 30 minutes. The cake pan should have vertical sides (not slanting out). Pans with slanted sides cause the cake to have thinner edges, as the cake rises. You want a fairly flat cake so all the icing doesn’t end up at the edges, or under the cake.
7. Mix the icing to be ready with the cake. The cake should be hot when you pour the icing on.
Boil
1 Stick Butter 4 Tbsp Powdered Cocoa
6 Tbsp Milk 1 tsp Vanilla
Note: Warm this mixture in a pan on the stove, but wait until the cake comes out to boil. When the mixture begins to boil, remove from stove and whisk in one (1) box of double sifted Powdered Sugar.
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Directions: |
Directions:It is important the consistency of this icing be a bit runny. Immediately upon bringing to a boil, whisk in the powdered sugar (careful not to whisk to long or it gets too thick – it must begin to thicken though. You need to dissolve the powdered sugar so it isn’t gritty. BUT, this icing is basically a fudge recipe, and if you whisk too long, you get just that; fudge.
Poke holes in the cake with a knife. The icing needs to be runny enough to run into the holes. Don’t be afraid to put holes in your pretty cake.
Use a spatula to pull the icing back and forth across the top of the cake, so it finds its way into the holes. Stop moving it around if the icing begins to set-up. |
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