Chocolate Sheath Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 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
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 -6 tablespoons cocoa
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Recipe

• 1 mix first four ingredients together in a sauce pan and cook on medium heat until the mixture bubbles.
• 2 sift together 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, baking soda and cinnamon and add to the first mixture and mix well.
• 3 mix buttermilk, vanilla and eggs and mix well and add to the other mixture.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 pour into a greased 13x9x2-inch pan.
• 6 bake in a 350°f oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
• 7 ice when warm as the icing hardens as it cools.
• 8 for icing: mix cocoa, butter and milk in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
• 9 remove from the heat and add the sugar and pecans.
• 10 mix well and pour over warm cake.