Great Aunt Lola's Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
• 6 tablespoons milk or 6 tablespoons heavy cream
• powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 in large bowl, mix flour, sugars, soda and cinnamon.
• 2 in heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat til melted and just under a boil, don't boil!, the 2 sticks butter, 4 tbl. cocoa and the 1 cup water.
• 3 pour over dry ingredients.
• 4 stir. add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. stir well til all is combined.
• 5 i use a large whisk for this.
• 6 scrape sides and bottom to incorporate all til smooth, but you don't have to over-mix. pour into greased and floured 13x9 pan.
• 7 i use my old metal one for this, *it seems to come out much better than using a glass one.
• 8 bake in 350º oven for 35-40 minutes, test with a toothpick.
• 9 remove from oven and while cooling, make icing.
• 10 fudge icing:.
• 11 in heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt and bring just under a boil, the butter, cocoa and cream or milk.
• 12 stir in quickly the powdered sugar and vanilla til creamy.
• 13 then quickly spread/pour over warm cake. spread icing evenly over top.
• 14 chill in fridge til set.
• 15 *for the icing, it's 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar or 1 (1 lb. ) box. it doesn't want to show up in the recipe.