At Work Chocolate Cake

Oh...My...Gosh!! But I love this cake! Mom used to make this every few months. The glaze just makes the cake. It's really an easy recipe and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

2 c Sugar                                         4 tbs Cocoa

2 c Plain Flour                                  2 Eggs, beaten

1 tsp Cinnamon                               1 tsp Vanilla

1 c Water                                        1/2 c Buttermilk

1/2 c Crisco                                     1 tsp Baking Soda - dissolve into buttermilk

1 stick Butter

Preheat oven to 350°. Sift sugar, plain flour and cinnamon. Boil water, crisco, butter and cocoa for 1 1/2 minutes. Cool. Add to flour mixture. Add eggs, vanilla, buttermilk. Pour into a well greased 9" x 13" sheet cake pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes. Cool for 10-20 minutes.

Glaze:
1 stick Oleo                                                                4 tbs Cocoa
1 tsp Vanilla                                                               1 box Powdered Sugar, sifted
6 tbs Milk                                                                   1 c Chopped Nuts
Boil together for 1 1/2 minutes the oleo, vanilla, milk and cocoa. Add powdered sugar. Add chopped nuts, if desired.

Using end of wooden handle, poke holes in the still warm sheet cake. Pour glaze over cake and allow to cool completely before serving.

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