Chocolate Sheath Cake
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 -5 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs, well beaten
- Icing ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 -6 tablespoons cocoa
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- Mix first four ingredients together in a sauce pan and cook on medium heat until the mixture bubbles.
- Sift together 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, baking soda and cinnamon and add to the first mixture and mix well.
- Mix buttermilk, vanilla and eggs and mix well and add to the other mixture.
- Mix well.
- Pour into a greased 13x9x2-inch pan.
- Bake in a 350u0b0F oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Ice when warm as the icing hardens as it cools.
- For Icing: Mix cocoa, butter and milk in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
- Remove from the heat and add the sugar and pecans.
- Mix well and pour over warm cake.
butter, vegetable oil, cocoa, water, sugar, flour, baking soda, cinnamon, buttermilk, vanilla, eggs, icing ingredients, butter, cocoa, milk, sugar, pecans
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-sheath-cake-42908 (may not work)