Chocolate Dream Cake

By KrisR

Ingredients

• For Cake:
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup butter
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ⅓ cup cocoa powder
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup buttermilk
• 1 ½ tsp vanilla
• For Icing:
• 4-5 cups powdered sugar
• ½ cup cocoa
• ½ cup butter, softened
• 3 oz cream cheese, softened
• ⅓ cup boiling water
• 1 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

For Cake:
Grease a 13 x 9 pan.
In a medium bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cinnamon, soda and salt; set aside.
In a small saucepan, combine butter, oil, cocoa and 1 cup water. Bring mixture just to a boil stirring constantly.
Remove saucepan from heat and pour into the flour mixture.
Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until thoroughly combined.
Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat until combined again. Batter will be thin.
Pour into prepared pan and bake 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool to room temperature & Ice with Chocolate Fudge Frosting,

For Icing:
In a very large bowl, combine powdered sugar and cocoa powder.
Microwave ⅓ cup water until boiling.
Pour boiling water, ½ cup butter, cream cheese and vanilla into powdered sugar mixture.
Beat with an electric mixer until combined. Beat one minute more on medium speed.
If too thin, add more powdered sugar.
Frost cake.