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Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe

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Sift together in large mixing bowl: 2 cups sugar and 2 cups flour

Put in Sauce Pan:
1 stick butter
1/2 cup Crisco
4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup water
Bring Mixture to a boil and pour over flour mixture - stir well

Add 1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs well beaten
Mix well - pour into greased & floured baking pan

Bake 400 degrees for 20 minutes

Start making icing 5 minutes before cake is done:
1 stick butter (oleo)
4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons milk
Melt together and bring to a boil; remove from heat, then add 1 box powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla.
Pour over hot cake immediately (hardens fast)
Pecans optional
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Every year for Christmas my mom, Patti Nicolau, makes this cake with a fifty cent piece baked inside. Whoever gets the coin will have good luck for the upcoming year. My nephew Sam and I believe in creating our own luck so we go searching for the coin!

 

 

 

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