Cake Recipes
Lorraine Mosley's Saucepan Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup buttermilk + 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Frosting
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- Pinch of salt
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 box powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Cake
- In a medium or large saucepan, mix butter, cocoa and water; bring to a boil then turn off heat.
- Combine flour, sugar and baking powder. Add to the cocoa/butter mixture.
- Add remaining ingredients to the mixture in the saucepan.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13-inch cake pan. Pour cake batter in prepared pan and bake 35-40 minutes.
- When cake is done, pierce cake with a fork and pour hot icing over hot cake.
- DO NOT WASH SAUCEPAN! Make icing in it just before cake is done!
Frosting
- In the same UNWASHED saucepan, mix butter, cocoa, salt and milk. Heat until butter is melted.
- Add the powdered sugar, pecans and vanilla extract to the hot mixture.
- Mix well and pour hot frosting over hot cake.
Notes
Footsie Note: The first time Lorraine brought me some of this, she said taste it, it's better warm. I ate half the plate! It ain't half bad 2 days later either - if it lasts that long!
Attribution
Posted by FootsieBear at Recipe Goldmine 6/17/01 12:39:46 pm.
Source: This was given to me by Lois Hairsonton in 1969.