Aunt Sallie’s Cake
Directions:
1. In a large mixing bowl place:
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour (all purpose)
2. In a sauce pan put the following:
- 1 stick margarine
- 1/2 cup Crisco
- 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa
3. Bring these 3 ingredients to a boil and pour over the flour and sugar.
4. To the above add in:
- 1 cup warm water with 1/2 teaspoon soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
5. Mix well and pour into a greased rectangular pan (approx. 13 x 9”)
6. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Leave cake in pan.
7. Ice cake with frosting recipe below
Icing for Aunt Sallie’s Cake
(Start the icing about 5-10 minutes before the cake is done)
Ingredients:
- 1 stick margarine
- 4 tablespoons heaping cocoa
- 2-1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 6 tablespoons canned evaporated milk
- 1 cup chopped nuts
Over low heat melt the margarine and cocoa in a pan.
To melted ingredients add 2-1/2 cups powdered sugar, milk, nuts. Beat together and spread over cake while hot. Cover iced cake leaving it in the pan used for baking.
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