Secret Midnight Moon Better than Chocolate Sex Cake

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter 
• 0.3 cup buttermilk 
• 0.8 cup confectioners' sugar 
• 2  eggs 
• 2 cups self-rising flour 
• 0.5 cup shortening 
• 4 fluid ounces strong coffee decoction brewed
• 3 tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 1 cup water 
• 0.5 cup irish whiskey 
• 2 cups sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• sauce pan
• oven
• baking pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 inch pan with cooking spray.
2. Combine flour and white sugar in a large bowl and set aside.
3. Put 1/2 cup buttermilk into a large glass and add baking soda, stir until combined, set aside.
4. In medium sauce pan over medium heat combine water, shortening, 1/2 cup butter and 4 tablespoons cocoa. Stir until shortening and butter are melted. Allow to boil on medium heat for 5 minutes.
5. Add chocolate mixture to dry ingredients and mix until well combined.
6. Add buttermilk baking soda mixture, stir until blended.
7. Add eggs and mix.
8. Add the whiskey and the espresso and keep mixing.
9. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix well.
10. Pour into a 9 x 13 inch pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
11. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 25 minutes.
12. Combine 1/2 cup butter, 1/3 cup buttermilk, and 3 tablespoons cocoa in medium sauce pan, allow to come to a boil over medium heat.
13. Remove from heat and add confectioners sugar and mix well, add 1 teaspoon vanilla and chopped nuts.
14. Pour over hot cake. Allow cake to cool. The longer this sets, the better it gets!