Cakes: Vickie Mitchener's Family Chocolate Cake

By JoFClark

Ingredients

• 2 sticks butter
• 1 cup water
• 4 T cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs slightly beaten
• 2 cups flour
• 1 t soda
• 2 t vanilla
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• Icing
• 1 stick butter
• 4 T cocoa
• 6 T milk
• 1 box 4X sugar, sifted
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 t vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, sift together sugar and flour. In a saucepan, melt butter, cocoa and water, bring to a boil. Pour over the flour mixture and stir until well mixed. Add buttermilk, eggs, soda and vanilla, mix well. Pour into large greased pan and bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Icing
In a double boiler, slowly bring to a boil the butter, cocoa and milk. Remove from heat and add sugar, vanilla and pecans. Beat well with a spoon and spread on cake while hot. Cover with foil.