Mexican Chocolate Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    CAKE
    1/2 cup unsalted butter
    1/2 cup vegetable oil
    4 tablespoons cocoa
    1 cup water
    2 cups flour
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    2 cups sugar
    1/2 cup sour milk (place 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar in a half cup measuring cup and fill cup with milk to equal 1/2 cup)
    2 eggs
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    ICING
    1/2 cup butter
    2 tablespoons cocoa
    6 tablespoons milk
    1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar
    1 teaspoon vanilla
    1/2 cup chopped pecans
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
    Combine butter, oil, cocoa and water in a saucepan and heat until butter is melted.
    In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, baking soda, sugar, milk, eggs, cinnamon and vanilla.
    Add melted butter mixture to the flour mixture and blend.
    Pour batter into a greased 9X13X2-inch baking pan and bake 20-25 minutes or until done.
    While cake is still hot, ice cake.
    For icing, combine butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan and heat until bubbly around the edge.
    Remove from heat and add powdered sugar, vanilla, and pecans.

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