Ingredients for - The Best Chocolate Cake You Ever Ate

1. White sugar 2 cups
2. All-purpose flour 2 cups
3. Butter ½ cup
4. Vegetable oil ½ cup
5. Water 1 cup
6. Unsweetened cocoa powder ¼ cup
7. Baking soda 1 teaspoon
8. Buttermilk ½ cup
9. Eggs 2
10. Salt 1 teaspoon
11. Ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon
12. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
13. Butter ½ cup
14. Unsweetened cocoa powder ¼ cup
15. Milk ¼ cup
16. Confectioners' sugar 4 cups
17. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
18. Chopped pecans 1 cup

How to cook deliciously - The Best Chocolate Cake You Ever Ate

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch pan.

2 . Stage

Sift 2 cups white sugar and 2 cups flour together; set aside.

3 . Stage

In a sauce pan; combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, oil, water, and 1/4 cup cocoa. Bring mixture to a boil, remove from heat and add to dry ingredients.

4 . Stage

Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk; add with eggs, salt, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla to cocoa, flour mixture and stir well.

5 . Stage

Pour batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes.

6 . Stage

To Make Frosting: Five minutes before cake is done combine 1/2 cup butter,1/4 cup cocoa and 1/4 cup milk in saucepan and bring to a boil.

7 . Stage

Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and chopped pecans. Pour frosting over hot cake. Cake remains moist and may be frozen. Serves 20.