Name: Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Ingredients: Butter - 1 cup; Water - 1 cup; Unsweetened cocoa powder - 4 tablespoons; Buttermilk - ½ cup; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; Eggs, beaten - 2; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 cups; White sugar - 2 cups; Ground cinnamon - 1 teaspoon; Salt - ½ teaspoon; Butter - ½ cup; Unsweetened cocoa powder - 4 tablespoons; Buttermilk - ⅓ cup; Confectioners' sugar - 4 cups; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Chopped pecans - 1 cup; Salt - 1 pinch

Ingredients for - Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

1. Butter 1 cup

2. Water 1 cup

3. Unsweetened cocoa powder 4 tablespoons

4. Buttermilk ½ cup

5. Baking soda 1 teaspoon

6. Eggs, beaten 2

7. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

8. All-purpose flour 2 cups

9. White sugar 2 cups

10. Ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon

11. Salt ½ teaspoon

12. Butter ½ cup

13. Unsweetened cocoa powder 4 tablespoons

14. Buttermilk ⅓ cup

15. Confectioners' sugar 4 cups

16. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

17. Chopped pecans 1 cup

18. Salt 1 pinch

How to cook deliciously - Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. In a saucepan, melt 1 cup of butter. Stir in 1 cup water and 4 tablespoons cocoa powder. Remove from heat and set aside.

2 . Stage

In a medium bowl, dissolve the baking soda in 1/2 cup of buttermilk. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the cooled cocoa mixture.

3 . Stage

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the cocoa buttermilk mixture. Stir until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Ice the cake with Buttermilk Pecan Icing while it's still warm.

4 . Stage

For the icing: In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter with 4 tablespoons cocoa. Stir in 1/3 cup buttermilk, and heat until almost boiling. Stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla, salt and pecans. Remove from heat. Mix well and pour over warm cake.