Schwartzenstein Chocolate Cake
INGREDIENTS
cake
-2 sticks of butter, melted
-2 cups of flour
-2 cups of sugar
-2 eggs, beaten
-1 cup of water
-1/2 cup buttermilk (can make by adding 1/2 Tbsp vinegar to milk until you have 1/2 cup)
-4 Tbsp cocoa powder
-1 tsp cinnamon
-1 tsp vanilla
-1 tsp baking soda
Icing
-1 stick of butter
-1 1lb box of Confectioner's sugar (powdered sugar)
-6 Tbsp 2% milk
-4 Tbsp cocoa powder
-1 tsp vanilla
PROCEDURE
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees
-Melt two sticks of butter. Put in a bowl. Add water. Stir
-Mix cocoa powder, sugar, flour, baking soda, vanilla
and cinnamon. Stir. Add to butter mixture.
-Beat two eggs, add to mixture.
-Add 1/2 cup buttermilk to mixture.
-Mix mixture with a whisk or using an electric mixer. Mix until all lumps are broken up. Mixture will by liquidy, its ok.
-Pour mixture into a 13x9 pan, preferably coated. If not coated, butter pan up before adding mixture (so it won't stick). Bake 20-25 minutes.
-Cake is done when you stick a fork in the middle and it comes out clean. Let cool when done at least 10-15 minutes.
-Make icing: Melt 1 stick of butter. Mix melted butter with cocoa powder, milk, and vanilla. Pour over 1 box of powdered sugar. Mix well until it has no lumps.
-Pour icing over cake. Cake can live in the
refrigerator covered with foil for a week!
