It is simple, quick, uses one pot, one pan, one bowl. It will make a very large cake!! And the icing is wonderful!

Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a 8" x 11" x 2" baking pan, then flour it. I usually use coco powder so no flour will show on the cake.

1 stick margarine
1/2 cut vegetable oil
2 squares Unsweetened chocolate
1 cup water
2 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking Soda
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk or sourmilk (sourmilk is: 1 1/2 teaspoon vinegar in 1/2 cup measure filled with milk)
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon each of Cinnamon and vanilla. I also add a little nutmeg to mine.

 

Combine margarine, oil, chocolate, and water in a pan. Heat until chocolate is melted.
Combine flour, soda, sugar, mile, eggs, cinnamon and vanilla in a large bowl.
Blend with liquid mixture.
Remember as in any baking or cooking, pour liquid into dry ingrediants!

Bake 20 to 25 minutes OR until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. I always seem to need to bake this cake for closer to 35 minutes, but that is just my oven. Keep checking as you do not want it to dry out.

Do Not remove this cake from the pan! Unless it will all be eaten in one sitting! Kept in the pan, and covered with foil, it keeps very well for three days, otherwise, it drys out fast.

Easy, even if it does require a bit of cooking, it really tastes like fudge! I perfer walnuts, but you can use pecans..or no nuts if you wish.

1 stick margarine, cut up.
2 squares Unsweetened chocolate
6 tablespoons milk
1 pound powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans

 

Combine margarine, chocolate and milk into a saucepan and heat until bubbles form around the edge of pan.
Remove from heat.
I pour this into a bowl, then...

Add powdered sugar, a little at a time, stirring well. (If the sugar seems lumpy be sure to break up the lumps before you start making the icing. They will finally breakup, but you will do lots of extra stirring and you need to spread this while it is still warm).
Add vanilla and nuts
Beat till spreading consisitancy

Ice cake while icing is still warm.

I have found that if the icing cools too quickly, add a few drops of milk or warm water. If you try to heat it in the microwave(I tried once!) it will crystallize. It still Taste Great but isn't as pretty!

I know it sounds not easy! But it truly is! Once you bake off one, it will become your favorite chocolate cake!

And needless to say, if you are fat and calorie conscious, this Is Full of both! Like my mother says.."Eat it standing up, over the sink. Calories don't count then." Enjoy!

Grovertoo!