Uncle Weeds Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 stick butter at room temperature
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. soda
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 2 tbls. cocoa
• 1 cup water
• Hundred Dollar Icing (recipe follows)

Directions

1. Sift together the flour, salt, soda and sugar. Add eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and butter. Beat with mixer until well blended.

2. In a saucepan, bring cooking oil, cocoa and water to a boil. Then slowly pour into other ingredients. Mix well. Pour into a greased and floured (9×13-inch) pan.

3. Bake in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30-40 minutes or until tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely and then frost in the pan with Hundred Dollar Icing. Let icing harden and then cut into squares to serve.

HUNDRED DOLLAR ICING

2 cups sugar
2 to 3 tbls. cocoa (depends on how much chocolate you like)

1/2 cup milk

1 cup butter

2 cups chopped pecans

1 tsp. vanilla

1. Combine sugar and cocoa in a (4-quart) saucepan. Add milk and butter and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for exactly 21/2 minutes. Remove from heat and add pecans and vanilla.

2. Cool by setting the pot in about 2 inches of cool water in the sink and stirring until mixture thickens. Spread over cooled cake. This icing will harden when cooled.

Note: This recipe also works well with your favorite yellow, chocolate or white cake mix.

Source: The Advocate – Baton Rouge, Louisiana