Title: "Foot in the Fire" Chocolate Cake
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 10 servings
Cake:
2 c All-purpose flour
2 c Sugar
1 c Margarine
4 tb Cocoa
1 c Cold water
1 ts Baking soda
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 ts Ground cinnamon
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 c Buttermilk
2 Eggs
Frosting:
1/2 c Margarine
5 tb Evaporated milk
1 c Pecans; chopped
4 tb Cocoa
1 ts Vanilla extract
1 lb Powdered sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Sift flour and sugar, set
aside. In a saucepan, bring the margarine, cocoa and water
to a boil; remove from heat. In a large bowl, mix all
remaining cake ingredients. Add the flour mixture and
cocoa mixture, stirring well. Bake in a greased and
floured 9x13" pan for 20 to 30 minutes. Check for doneness
with a clean toothpick. Ten minutes into the baking of the
cake, prepare the frosting.
Place the margarine, cocoa, and milk in a saucepan and
bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and add the
remaining ingredients. Beat until smooth. FROST THE CAKE
AS SOON AS IT COME OUT OF THE OVEN.
Let it cool a little before cutting, if you can't possible
hold out!. This cake is so good, you'd eat it with one foot
in the fire if you had to.
