Chocolate Sheath Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

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 350\u00b0F 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.