Recipe - Chocolate Sheath Cake

This is one of my favorites! If you try this one, you need a gallon of COLD milk to wash it down with!!!

Chocolate Sheath Cake

Cake Mix:

2 Cups Sugar

2 Cups Flour

2 Sticks Oleo

4 Tbsp Cocoa

1 Cup Water

1/2 Cup Buttermilk (If no buttermilk, use 1/2 cup regular milk and add 1 Tbsp lemon juice)

2 Eggs (Slightly beaten)

1 Tsp Baking Soda

1 Tsp Cinnamon

1 Tsp Vanilla

Sift sugar and flour together. In a sauce pan, mix the oleo, cocoa and water bringing to a rapid boil. Pour over flour and sugar mixture and stir until well mixed. Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda cinnamon and vanilla. Mix well and pour into a greased pan that's at least 1/4" and bake at 400* in preheated oven for 20 minutes.

Icing:

Begin making about 5 minutes before the cake is done.

1 Stick Oleo

4 Tbsp Cocoa

4 Tbsp Buttermilk

1 Box Powdered Sugar

1 Tsp Vanilla

1 Cup Chopped Pecans

Melt oleo, cocoa and buttermilk together and bring to a rapid boil. Remove from heat and add 1 box of powdered sugar, vanilla and pecans. Beat well with spoon and spread on the cake while it's hot.