The Best Chocolate Cake You Ever Ate

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup milk
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch pan.
• sift 2 cups white sugar and 2 cups flour together; set aside.
• 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.
• dissolve baking soda in buttermilk; add with eggs, salt, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla to cocoa, flour mixture and stir well.
• pour batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan. bake at 375 degrees f (190 degrees c) for 20 minutes.
• 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.
• 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.