Old Southern Chocolate Pecan Sheet Cake

Recipesfull introduces to you: Cake Recipes. (Old Southern Chocolate Pecan Sheet Cake). I received this recipe from an old Southern cook, a copy of a copy of a typed-up sheet from long ago, annotated with her notes (which included the word oleo instead of margarine). I've never seen another chocolate cake recipe like it, which instructs the cook to heat part of the cake batter on the stove, and pour the cooked icing over a hot cake. The result is a wonderfully rich (yet surprisingly light) chocolate sheet cake topped with a cooked chocolate and pecan frosting. This cake has an incredible homemade taste, yet is foolproof! Will make you forget Duncan Hines®!

Brief

Prep 30 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Total: 55 mins

Servings: 24

Yield: 1 9x13-inch sheet cake

Old Southern Chocolate Pecan Sheet Cake

Ingredients

2 cups white sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup water

½ cup vegetable shortening

½ cup margarine

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ cup buttermilk

2 eggs

beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 (16 ounce) box confectioners' sugar

3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

½ cup butter

6 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup chopped pecans

Easy Apple Coffee Cake

Dessert

Directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease bottom and sides of a 9x13-inch pan.

Step 2

Mix 2 cups white sugar flour and salt in a mixing bowl.

Step 3

Combine water vegetable shortening margarine and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat stirring frequently. Pour liquid into flour mixture and stir well. Return saucepan to stove and set it aside.

Step 4

Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk in a large liquid measuring cup and stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Pour egg mixture into cake batter and mix until fully combined. Transfer batter into the prepared pan.

Step 5

Bake the cake in preheated oven until cake springs back when touched lightly with a finger or a tester comes out clean 25 to 30 minutes.

Step 6

While cake is baking prepare icing using reserved saucepan. Combine confectioners' sugar 3 tablespoons cocoa powder butter milk vanilla and pecans in saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until hot but not boiling. Pour icing over hot cake immediately after it comes out of the oven. Allow cake to cool completely on a wire rack.

Nutritional Information

Old Southern Chocolate Pecan Sheet Cake

Servings Per Recipe:24

Calories: 324.8

% Daily Value *

Protein: 2.6g 5%

Carbohydrates: 45.1g 15%

Dietary Fiber: 1.2g 5%

Sugars: 35.7g

Fat: 15.9g 25%

Saturated Fat: 4.7g 24%

Cholesterol: 24.3mg 8%

Vitamin A Iu: 313IU 6%

Niacin Equivalents: 1.2mg 10%

Vitamin C: 0.1mg

Folate: 22.9mcg 6%

Calcium: 22mg 2%

Iron: 0.9mg 5%

Magnesium: 16.3mg 6%

Potassium: 73.1mg 2%

Sodium: 185mg 7%

Thiamin: 0.1mg 12%

Calories From Fat: 143.1

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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