Shelly's Recipe

BROWNIE CAKE

Category: Cakes

Mix in a large bowl:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar

Bring to boil:
1 stick butter
1/2 cup oil
1 cup water
1/2 cup cocoa

Stir every now and then. Pour over dry mixture and blend.

Stir in:
2 eggs (lightly beaten)
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp soda
1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1/2 cup of milk less 2 Tbsp, then add 2 Tbsp vinegar to sour)

Bake in a 10x15 inch cookie sheet for 20 minutes at 400 or in a 9x13 pan for 25 minutes.

Frosting
Bring to a boil:
1 stick butter
6 tbsp milk
1/2 cup cocoa

Stir every now and then.

Then add the above to the following:
1 pound box powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 to 1 cup broken pecans

Mix together.

When cake goes into the oven start the frosting. Let cake cool to warm them frost. Do not turn out the cake. Leave it in the pan.

NOTES:
I used 2 tsp of cinnamon in the cake and 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla in cake and in the frosting. Sometimes I put a pinch of cinnamon in the frosting. When baking in the 13x9 pan, sometimes it takes 30 minutes. I check with a metal cake tester (a toothpick will work) in the middle around 22 minutes. You want the tester to come out clean. I do not use a mixer; you want a gentle mixing by hand.