Chocolate candy cake

15 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Water
1 cup Butter or margarine
¼ cup Cocoa
2 cups All-purpose flour
2 cups Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking soda
¼ teaspoon Salt
½ cup Buttermilk
2 larges Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
Chocolate Candy Frosting

Directions

Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a large heavy saucepan, stirring constantly. Gradually stir in all-purpose flour and next 3 ingredients.

Stir in buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla extract. Pour into a greased and floured 13- x 9-inch pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Prick surface at 1-inch intervals with a wooden pick, and pour Chocolate Candy Frosting on top. Makes 15 servings.

CHOCOLATE CANDY FROSTING:

½ cup butter or margarine

⅓ cup milk

¼ cup cocoa 16 ounce package powdered sugar, sifted 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring constantly. Stir in sugar. Remove from heat; add vanilla, stirring constantly, 3 to 5 minutes or until frosting begins to lose its gloss.

Makes about 3 cups, enough for one sheet cake. © Copyright 1997 Southern Living. All rights reserved. MC formatting by bobbi744@... ICQ #12099523

NOTES : Recipe originally submitted to October, 1981 magazine by Mrs.

Walter Reese, Birmingham, AL

Recipe by: Southern Living

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@...> on May 13, 1998

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