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Easy Fudge Cake

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I was given this cake a long time ago as a thank you.  It's so uniquely  delicious I couldn't believe it!  Everyone that has had it couldn't believe it!  We're celebrating DS's birthday tomorrow, having our Easter Dinner and this cake with icecream.

 

2 pans. 2 bowls, no mixer

 

 

 

 

    1 C water

    1/2 C shortening 

    1 stick butter

    2 C all purpose flour

    3 1/2 Tbsp cocoa

    2 C sugar

    1/2 C buttermilk 

    2 eggs, lightly beaten

    1 tsp soda

    1 tsp vanilla

 

      1.  Combine water, shortening,  butter,  and cocoa in medium                 saucepan.  Cook over medium heat, stirring, until mixture comes to a                      boil. 

       2.  Combine flour and sugar in large bowl. Add cocoa.                                       mixture, stir well

        3.  Stir in buttermilk,  eggs,  soda, and vanilla.

        4.  Pour batter into greased and floured 9 x 13.

        Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

 

        Icing

 

     1/2 C  butter

     1/3 C milk

      3 1/2 Tbsp cocoa

      1 box confectioners sugar

      1 C chopped pecans 

 

     1.  Combine butter, milk, and  cocoa in saucepan.

     2.  Cook on medium heat,  stir frequently,  until a boil. 

     3.  Remove from heat, add sugar, stir with whisk until smooth and.                   add nuts

  

     4.  Punch small holes in cake, pour frosting over warm cake.  

 

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@ECBG   Thanks!  I'm going to try that.

 

It's close to the Texas Sheet Cake recipe I was given when I got married!  That was made in a bigger pan, hence the Texas name I guess!  

 

I hadn't thought about that in a long time.

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Ooooh man!  That looks yummy!  Have fork, will travel!  😀

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@Sooner wrote:

@ECBG   Thanks!  I'm going to try that.

 

It's close to the Texas Sheet Cake recipe I was given when I got married!  That was made in a bigger pan, hence the Texas name I guess!  

 

I hadn't thought about that in a long time.


@Sooner So sorry about the uneven lines my Dear.  After I posted from my cell, the first numeral in all the measurements were cut off!!!

I had to back in and move them since DH takes the computer from 9pm until bed.

 

Anyway, I wouldn't EVEN miss devil's food if I could just have this one.  It will go home with DS, but I'll get two pieces first!!!!!Smiley Happy

 

Please let me know if you like it.Smiley Happy

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This is a going right in my recipe file! Thanks for sharing. 😋 😋 

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@ECBG 

I am so looking forward to making this cake.  I don't do much baking but this indeed looks too easy not to try it!  Thank you much for sharing this recipe and so many others that you have posted.

 

Please indicate if a stick or a cup of butter is used in the batter.  Thanks!!

    1 C water

    1/2 C shortening 

    1/2 butter

    2 C all purpose flour

    3 1/2 Tbsp cocoa

    2 C sugar

    1/2 C buttermilk 

    2 eggs, lightly beaten

    1 tsp soda

    1 tsp vanilla

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Re: Easy Fudge Cake

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@vabreeze  I JUST EDITED THIS:  I think it's 2 sticks butter. . . but better to let her weigh in (pun intended) than me!  Woman Happy  But I'll 2 sticks go in the cake and 1/2 stick in the icing? 

 

My first post here was wrong.  I looked at a recipe online close to my recipe!  LOL!!!

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@vabreeze wrote:

@ECBG 

I am so looking forward to making this cake.  I don't do much baking but this indeed looks too easy not to try it!  Thank you much for sharing this recipe and so many others that you have posted.

 

Please indicate if a stick or a cup of butter is used in the batter.  Thanks!!

    1 C water

    1/2 C shortening 

    1/2 butter

    2 C all purpose flour

    3 1/2 Tbsp cocoa

    2 C sugar

    1/2 C buttermilk 

    2 eggs, lightly beaten

    1 tsp soda

    1 tsp vanilla


@vabreeze Hello!  1 stick of butter.  Smiley Happy

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@Sooner wrote:

@vabreeze  I JUST EDITED THIS:  I think it's 2 sticks butter. . . but better to let her weigh in (pun intended) than me!  Woman Happy  But I'll 2 sticks go in the cake and 1/2 stick in the icing? 

 

My first post here was wrong.  I looked at a recipe online close to my recipe!  LOL!!!


@Sooner SO sorry!  I hate typing long things on my cell.  It "corrected" the measurement of butter.

 

The measurement of butter should be ONE stick of butter!  Smiley Happy

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@ECBG wrote:

@vabreeze wrote:

@ECBG 

I am so looking forward to making this cake.  I don't do much baking but this indeed looks too easy not to try it!  Thank you much for sharing this recipe and so many others that you have posted.

 

Please indicate if a stick or a cup of butter is used in the batter.  Thanks!!

    1 C water

    1/2 C shortening 

    1/2 butter

    2 C all purpose flour

    3 1/2 Tbsp cocoa

    2 C sugar

    1/2 C buttermilk 

    2 eggs, lightly beaten

    1 tsp soda

    1 tsp vanilla


@vabreeze Hello!  1 stick of butter.  Smiley Happy


@ECBG GLAD you answered!   I can't find my recipe for a cake like that so I'm excited about this!  

 

We moved a few YEARS ago and some things I have NO idea where they wound up!  Think the moving co. stole my recipes?  LOL!!!!