Title: Chocolate Candy Cake
Categories: Bobbie not, Cakes, Southern li, Desserts
Yield: 15 Servings

1 c Water
1 c Butter or margarine
1/4 c Cocoa
2 c All-purpose flour
2 c Sugar
1 ts Baking soda
1/4 ts Salt
1/2 c Buttermilk
2 lg Eggs
1 ts Vanilla extract
Chocolate Candy Frosting

Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a large heavy saucepan, stirring
constantly. Gradually stir in all-purpose flour and next 3 ingredients.
Stir in buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla extract. Pour into a greased and
floured 13- x 9-inch pan. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden
pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Prick
surface at 1-inch intervals with a wooden pick, and pour Chocolate Candy
Frosting on top. Makes 15 servings.

CHOCOLATE CANDY FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup cocoa 16 ounce package powdered sugar, sifted 1 teaspoon
vanilla extract

Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a heavy saucepan over low heat,
stirring constantly. Stir in sugar. Remove from heat; add vanilla, stirring
constantly, 3 to 5 minutes or until frosting begins to lose its gloss.
Makes about 3 cups, enough for one sheet cake. http://www.pathfinder.com/ ©
Copyright 1997 Southern Living. All rights reserved. MC formatting by
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NOTES : Recipe originally submitted to October, 1981 magazine by Mrs.
Walter Reese, Birmingham, AL
Recipe by: Southern Living

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart on May
13, 1998