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The Best Chocolate Cake You Ever Ate

SUBMITTED BY: CANDACEMARIE PHOTO BY: Chef Sam

"I make this cake over and over. It is easy to put together and the frosting of the cake is easy and fast. It goes fast around my house."

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Original recipe yield 1 - 9x13 inch cake

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INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)

2 cups white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 cup milk
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch pan.
Sift 2 cups white sugar and 2 cups flour together; set aside.
In a sauce pan; combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, oil, water, and 1/4 cup cocoa. Bring mixture to a boil, remove from heat and add to dry ingredients.
Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk; add with eggs, salt, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla to cocoa, flour mixture and stir well.
Pour batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes.
To Make Frosting: Five minutes before cake is done combine 1/2 cup butter,1/4 cup cocoa and 1/4 cup milk in saucepan and bring to a boil.
Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and chopped pecans. Pour frosting over hot cake. Cake remains moist and may be frozen. Serves 20.

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Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2003 by CRAZYCOOKKALEIGH

This is an AWESOME recipe!!!! The ingredient list is long, but it is very easy to make and... MORE

Reviewed on Aug. 29, 2002 by REGIFABULOUS

This is a fantastic recipe that continues to be a hit with co-workers and friends. The cake... MORE

Reviewed on May 24, 2008 by GATORCANDI

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GATORCANDI
May 24, 2008

I've been making this same cake for years! Actually, instead of the oil, I use another stick of butter. Yikes! Three sticks in one cake!!! Anyway, I have been asked to make this cake MANY, MANY times over the years. I have even been paid to make this cake. My mother-in-law has dreams about it, and hoards it when I make it. I got the recipe from a friend about twenty years ago (when I was in Jr. High School!), and she called it Candy Cake because the icing is like eating fudge. I highly recommend poking lots of holes in the cake just before you pour the hot icing over the hot cake. I use a thick wooden skewer to do this. If I didn't have one, then I use the back of my beater from my hand-mixer. This makes it unbelievably moist and heaven-filled! I used to get asked to make the birthday cake for all the birthdays in my office, and my co-workers even asked if I would make this cake for my own birthday. It is a definite winner. Don't look any further, this is THE chocolate cake! Oh, and candacemarie, my name is also Candice Marie and I go by Candi, too. People think the cake is named after me (since we call it Candy Cake). lol

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I've been making this same cake for years! Actually, instead of the oil, I use another stick... MORE

Reviewed on Mar. 27, 2006 by Chef Sam

I found this cake really easy to make and quite tasty. A good, cheap-to-make chocolate cake.... MORE

Reviewed on Apr. 11, 2007 by maisie.mae

This cake is super yummy and easy to make, I did it in two 9'' pans for a layer cake, and just... MORE

Reviewed on Feb. 7, 2003 by FROGPUDDLES

VERY EASY RECIPE WITH AN ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL FLAVOR. THE CINNAMON MAKES THIS A MOUTH... MORE

Reviewed on Feb. 28, 2008 by JLEONHEART

this truly is the best chocolate cake i've ever had! i followed the recipe exactly including... MORE

Reviewed on Jan. 13, 2008 by T-chan

Well i was looking for a chocolate cake recipe, so i tried this one. I followed the recipe... MORE

Reviewed on Jun. 24, 2008 by ravendawn

We loved this cake!! One of my favorite recipes, the buttermilk makes it super moist and the... MORE

Reviewed on Jun. 1, 2008 by ZOSO

I made this cake exactly as the recipe states, and it was outstanding. The cinnamon and... MORE

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