The Best Chocolate Cake You Ever Ate

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter 
• 0.5 cup buttermilk 
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar 
• 2  eggs 
• 2 cups flour all-purpose
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 
• 0.3 cup milk 
• 1 cup pecans chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt 
• 0.3 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil 
• 1 cup water 
• 2 cups sugar white

Equipment

• sauce pan
• oven
• baking pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour one 9 x 13 inch pan.
2. Sift 2 cups white sugar and 2 cups flour together; set aside.
3. In a sauce pan; combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, oil, water, and 1/4 cup cocoa. Bring mixture to a boil, remove from heat and add to dry ingredients.
4. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk; add with eggs, salt, cinnamon and 1 teaspoon vanilla to cocoa, flour mixture and stir well.
5. Pour batter into a 9 x 13 inch pan.
6. Bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for 20 minutes.
7. To Make Frosting: Five minutes before cake is done combine 1/2 cup butter,1/4 cup cocoa and 1/4 cup milk in saucepan and bring to a boil.
8. Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and chopped pecans.
9. Pour frosting over hot cake. Cake remains moist and may be frozen.
10. Serves 2