Categories: cake
Ingredients
- cake:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- Frosting:
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp. unsweetened coca powder
- 6 Tbsp. butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 4 Tbsp. milk
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 9x 13 inch baking pan.
- To make the cake:
- In a large mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the flour, salt and baking soda and mix well.
- In a saucepan, combine the butter, shortening, cocoa and water and cook, stirring, just until mixture comes to a boil.
- Add the cocoa mixture, along with the vanilla, eggs and buttermilk to the flour mixture. Mix on a low speed until ingredients are completely combined.
- Pour into the prepared cake pan and bake 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the frosting. In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar, cocoa, butter, vanilla and milk and bring to a boil.
- After removing cake from the oven, poke holes in the cake and pour the frosting over the cake, letting it seep into the cake. Serve warm.