Chocolate "Failure" Cake

Name: Chocolate "Failure" Cake
Ingredients: 1/2 cup boiling water; 2 tablespoons cocoa; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 cup shortening; 2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 cups buttermilk; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 cup chopped pecans

10 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1/2 cup boiling water
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup shortening
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1

Combine water, cocoa, and soda, stirring well. Set aside.
2

Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3

Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour. Stir in chocolate mixture, vanilla, and pecans.
4

Pour batter into a greased and waxed paper-lined 13- x 9- x 2- inch baking pan. Bake at 425° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake completely. Pour Drippy Icing over top of cake. Cut cake into squares to serve.