Ingredients: |
Ingredients: Cake:
2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
1 stick margarine
1/2 c. vegetable oil
1 c. water
4 heaping Tbs. cocoa powder (unsweetened)
2 eggs
1 tsp. (I like to use a bit more, maybe 1/2 tsp.)
1 heaping tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
Frosting:
1 stick margarine
6 Tbs. milk (I use buttermilk here, as I always have leftover)
4 heaping Tbs. cocoa
1 box powdered sugar (3-4 c.)
1 tsp. vanilla (again, I like to use bit more)
a touch of cinnamon (1/4 tsp?)
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Directions: |
Directions:Preheat oven to 400º. Baking time is 15-20 min, depending on pan size & oven. Grease & flour a cookie sheet (I use a half sheet sized pan)
Cake:
1. Mix together flour & sugar in a mixing bowl and set to the side
2. To a sauce pan add margarine, cocoa, water, oil & bring to a boil, being careful not to scorch the cocoa. Add this mixture to the (flour, sugar) mixing bowl.
3. Add eggs, vanilla cinnamon, soda, buttermilk. Mix well & spread on the prepared cookie sheet.
4. Bake until sides pull away from the pan & a cake tester (skewer, toothpick, etc) stuck in center, comes out clean.
Frosting:
**This needs to be done in the appropriate time frame so that the frosting is done when the cake is pulled from the oven. The cake & the frosting need to be hot when the frosting is put on the cake.
1. To a sauce pan (I use the same one as the cake ingredients were cooked in) add the margarine, milk, cocoa. Bring to a rapid boil. If your pan is big enough, mixing can be done in the pan, if not- transfer boiled ingredients quickly to a mixing bowl.
2. Add the powdered sugar, vanilla (& cinnamon if desired)
3. Mix ingredients quickly with a hand mixer (or stand mixer) until smooth & all ingredients are blended well.
4. Slowly & evenly pour the hot frosting over the hot cake. Frosting can be spread around over the cake evenly. Work quickly before the frosting begins to cool & set. 5. Let the cake cool completely before cutting.
No. of servings: TONS!
Prep time: 30-40 min. including baking time |
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Notes: |
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Notes: We always had this cake around the holidays when peppermint chip ice cream started showing up in the store. My mom would always make it as part of a Christmas-time or New Year's dinner. Awhile back, mom and my step-dad moved to Colorado and I started to miss all of our holiday traditions. I started making this cake one year for our Christmas Eve gathering with Deb, Aaron, Sarah, Jimmy, and the kids. I kind of am not allowed to make anything else on Christmas Eve anymore, and I am ok with that! I love that one of my family traditions have been so welcomed into the holiday celebrations with my in-laws!
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