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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup crisco oil
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 teasp salt
- 1 teasp soda
- 1 teasp cinnamon
- 2 lg eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teasp vanilla
- 1 stick butter
- 3 tblsp cocoa
- 6 tblsp milk
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup chopped nuts, if desired
Preparation
Step 1
Pre heat oven to 400 degrees. Spray 9'X 13" baking pan.
Melt first 4 ingredients in small sauce pan.
Combine next 8 ingredients and add melted ingredients from sauce pan with it. Mix well.
Batter will be thin, pour into prepared pan & bake @400 degrees for 25 minutes.
While cake is baking, in a small sauce pan, combine butter, cocoa & milk and bring to a boil.
Add powdered sugar & whisk until smooth, add nuts if desired.
Pour over warm cake as soon as it comes out of oven.