Sheet Chocolate Cake

By ninebirch

Dessert - Cake

Ingredients

• 2 c flour
• 2 c sugar
• 1/2 stick margarine
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 4 tlbs cocoa
• 1 c water
• 1/2 c buttermilk
• 2 eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla

Details

Servings 1

Preparation

Step 1

Note - I use a 18 by 13 sheet cake pan

Heat oven to 400F

Mix in large bowl flour and sugar and set aside.

Put in sauce pan margarine cocoa, Crisco and water and boil one minute.

Pour over dry ingredients and mix.

Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, vanilla and mix.

Pour into sheet cake pan and bake 20 minutes in oven

Start icing 5 minutes before cake is done baking.

Icing:

1/2 stick margarine
4 tlbs cocoa
1/3 c sweeten milk (Eagle Brand)
Bring to boil in sauce pan.
Add: 1 box conf. powered sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 chopped pecans or walnuts.
Pour over cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.
Spread evenly.