Cake Recipes
Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
- 3 heaping tablespoons cocoa
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Icing
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 heaping tablespoons cocoa
- 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 6 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Cake: Place in large mixing bowl, flour, sugar and salt.
- Place in saucepan butter, water, vegetable, shortening and cocoa. Bring to boil and pour over flour mixture. Mix well.
- Place in another bowl eggs, baking soda, buttermilk and vanilla extract. Stir well and add to previous mixture.
- Bake in greased and floured 13 x 9-inch pan at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.
- Icing: Melt butter and cocoa in a 2-quart pan, but do not boil.
- Remove from heat and add confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract, nuts and milk. Stir well.
- Ice cake while hot.