Whispering Winds
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Bryson City, North Carolina

Specialty Recipe

Buttermilk Chocolate Cake

Ingredients for Cake:

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 cup water

1/2 cup Crisco shortening

1 stick margarine

4 Tablespoons cocoa

1 teaspoon milk

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup buttermilk

Icing:

1/3 cup sweet milk

3-1/2 Tablespoons cocoa

1 stick margarine

1 cup chopped nuts

1 box powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

Cake: Sift flour and sugar. In saucepan, mix water, shortening, margarine, vanilla, and cocoa and bring to a boil (stir often). Pour over flour/sugar mixture. Mix eggs, baking soda, and buttermilk together in a separate bowl and add to chocolate mixture. Pour into greased and floured 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan. Bake at 400 degrees for approximately 25 minutes.

Icing: In a saucepan, combine sweet milk, cocoa, and margarine and bring to a boil. Add 1 box powdered sugar and vanilla gradually; mix well. Add pecans and mix with icing. Pour and spread over hot cake A really moist cake!

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