Chocolate Cake with Butterscotch Icing (Mom's!)

By Deeee

Ingredients

• Icing:
• 4 tbsp cocoa
• 1 cup hot coffee or boiling H20
• 1/2 cup crisco oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup sour cream or buttermilk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 5 tbsp whipping cream
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Details

Servings 24

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 and use 9x13 pan.

(a) Dissolve cocoa in boiling H20 or coffee. Set aside.

(b) Mix together sour cream or buttermilk with baking soda set aside. (Will rise)

(c) In separate bowl, beat eggs then add oil, sugar, vanilla. Add cocoa mixture from above.

(d) In separate bowl mix baking powder, salt and flour. Add slowly to the egg mixture above.

Once (a)(c) and (d) are mixed, lastly add (b) sour cream and baking soda to the mix.

Bake for 1/2 hour and check.

Icing:
On stove, bring butter, brown sugar and cream to a boil. Boil 3 minutes or until the candy forms a soft ball (test) in ice water. Remove from heat, let cool for 10 minutes. Add icing sugar and vanilla, mix and add cream to make it a creamy texture (will be easy to spread). Add to cake when cooled.