Scotch Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter (not margarine)
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter, softened (not margarine)
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 box powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 for cake: sift together the flour and sugar into a large bowl.
• 2 combine the butter, cocoa and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the cocoa and melt the butter.
• 3 add cocoa mixture to the flour mixture and mix well with a wooden spoon.
• 4 in a bowl combine the buttermilk, cinnamon, baking soda, eggs and vanilla; mixing well.
• 5 add buttermilk mixture to the flour/cocoa mixture.
• 6 beat until well blended (batter will be thin).
• 7 pour into a greased and floured 13x9 baking pan and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick inserted in the center (if done the toothpick will come out clean).
• 8 spread icing over hot cake in pan.
• 9 for icing: combine the butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan and bring to a boil; stirring until butter is melted and cocoa is dissolved.
• 10 remove from heat and stir in vanilla and powdered sugar mixing well then add pecans and mix.