Title: Christmas Eve Chocolate Cake
Categories: Cakes, Holiday's
Yield: 6 Servings

2 c Sugar
2 c Flour
1/2 c Shortening
1/2 c Butter Or Margarine
1 c Water
1/4 c Cocoa
1/2 c Buttermilk
2 Eggs; Beaten
1 ts Baking Soda
1 ts Vanilla
---Icing Ingredients---
1/2 c Butter Or Margarine
1/4 c Cocoa
6 tb Milk
1 Box Powdered Sugar
1 ts Vanilla
1 c Chopped nuts

Cake: Sift flour and sugar together. Bring butter, shortening, water and
cocoa to a boil in a sauce pan. Pour over flour mixture while still hot.
Add buttermilk, eggs, soda and vanilla. Spoon into a large baking sheet
with sides. Bake in a 400 degree oven for 20 minutes. Ice cake while still
hot.

Icing: Combine butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts. Mix well. This
recipe from the "Flat Rock Cookbook".

Recipe by: Alice Bauers, Flat Rock, Michigan

Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 650 by PLK1028@aol.com on Jan
31, 1998