Mom's Chocolate Cake

Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups self-rising flour
• 1 stick margarine
• ½ cup oil
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 1 cup water
• ½ cup buttermilk (or ½ cup soy/almond milk and 1 tsp apple cider vinegar)
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Prep Steps:

1: Grease and flour a 10- × 14-inch pan.

Steps:

1: Heat oven to 400°F.   
2: Mix sugar and flour in a mixing bowl.   
3: Bring butter, oil, cocoa, and water to a boil.   
4: Pour mixture over the sugar and flour, and stir it together.   
5: Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract, and mix it all together.   
6: Bake for 20 minutes.   

Icing

Ingredients:

• 1 stick butter
• ¼ cup cocoa
• 6 Tbs milk
• 1 pound 10× powdered sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 tsp vanilla

Prep Steps:

1: Chop the pecans.

Steps:

1: Bring margarine, cocoa, and milk to boil in a saucepan.   
2: Remove from heat and mix in the sugar, pecans, and vanilla.   
3: Pour over the cake while it is still hot.