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Ingredients
- 2 cups Flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 stick butter
- ½ cup oil
- 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 cup water
- ¼ teaspoon Kosher salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Icing:
- 1 stick butter
- 4 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups chopped pecans
- 1 pound powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- Sift flour and sugar together, put in large bowl.
- Mix butter, oil, cocoa, water and salt in a saucepan and bring to a boil; pour over flour and sugar mixture and beat by hand with a wooden spoon.
- Stir in buttermilk, cinnamon, eggs, soda and vanilla.
- Pour into a greased jellyroll pan and bake at 325 degrees for about 20 minutes or just until set.
- For the Icing: Bring butter, cocoa and milk to a light boil; remove from heat and beat in 1 pound of powdered sugar; stir in vanilla and pecans.
- Pour over cake while cake is still warm.
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