Hot Fudge Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup shortening (may use crisco butter falvor shortening sticks)
• 2 eggs (may use egg beaters)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 1/2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup sweet milk
• 2 -2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 stir and set aside the flour and sugar.
• 2 mix and bring to a boil the butter, cocoa, water, shortening-pour over flour and sugar and mix well add eggs, vanilla, soda and buttermilk and mix well.
• 3 stir in pecans.
• 4 pour into a buttered 9"x12"x3" baking pan and bake@ 400* for 20-25 minutes.
• 5 -----------icing------------.
• 6 while cake is baking make the icing.
• 7 melt butter, add milk, cocoa, vanilla, then add sugar and pecans.
• 8 cook 5-6 min.
• 9 after starting to boil (cook on high flame).
• 10 pour over cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.
• 11 the topping should be like fudge (cruncy).
• 12 we love it this way.