Old fashioned chocolate and buttermilk cake
ingredients
- one cup butter
- one cup of water
- four tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- half cup buttermilk
- one teaspoon baking soda
- two beaten eggs
- one teaspoon vanilla extract
- two cups all-purpose flour
- two cups white sugar
- one teaspoon ground cinnamon
- half teaspoon of salt
- half cup of butter
- four tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ⅓ cup buttermilk
- four cups icing sugar
- one teaspoon vanilla extract
- one cup chopped pecans
- one pinch of salt
*Preparation steps
Preheat oven to three hundred fifty degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour a 9×13 inch pan. In saucepan, melting one c of butter. Stir in one cup of water and four tablespoons of cocoa powder. Removing from heat & set apart.
In a medium bowl, dissolve baking soda in half cup buttermilk. Stir in eggs and vanilla. Stirring in cool cocoa mixture.
In bowl, sift the flour, sugar, cinnamon & salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the cocoa buttermilk mixture. Stir until blended. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for thirty minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Frost cake with Buttermilk Pecan Frosting while still warm.
For the glaze: In a large saucepan, melt half cup of butter with four tablespoons of cocoa. Stir in 1/3 cup buttermilk and heat until boiling. Stir in icing sugar, vanilla, salt and pecans. Remove from fire. Mix well and pour over the hot cake.
Enjoy !