Mrs. Moore's Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 3 -4 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 6 tablespoons buttermilk
• 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup walnuts
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 cake: sift flour and sugar together.
• 2 heat butter, cocoa, water and oil until it boils.
• 3 pour hot mixture over flour and sugar.
• 4 mix well by hand!
• 5 add buttermilk and soda.
• 6 add eggs and vanilla.
• 7 mix well.
• 8 bake in a well greased and floured 9x13 pan at 350 for 30-35 minutes.
• 9 icing: mix butter, cocoa and buttermilk in heavy sauce pan.
• 10 heat until boils.
• 11 remove from heat.
• 12 add powdered sugar and mix well.
• 13 add pecans or walnuts and vanilla.
• 14 pour over cake while cake is still hot.