Best Texas Hot Cocoa Cake Recipes

TEXAS HOT COCOA CAKE

Steps:

• Combine in saucepan cocoa, butter, oil, and water.
• Bring to a boil, stirring; let cool.
• Combine sugar and flour in a large bowl.
• Pour cocoa mixture, when cooled, over flour and sugar; and beat until smooth.
• Combine buttermilk, eggs, soda, cinnamon and vanilla; then beat into above mixture.
• Grease and flour a 13x9 inch pan; bake at 400 degrees for 35-40 minutes.
• Frosting: Start 10 minutes before baking is done.
• Combine frosting ingredients except for confectioner's sugar in a bowl, mix.
• Add confectioner's sugar; stir well, then beat until thick.
• Spoon frosting over hot cake.
• Top with nuts if desired.

TEXAS HOT COCOA CAKE

Steps:

• FOR THE CAKE: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 9 x13-inch Pyrex baking dish.
• Melt the butter with vegetable oil, cocoa, and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil and stir.
• Sift flour and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Pout liquid over flour and beat until smooth.
• Add buttermilk, eggs, soda, cinnamon, and vanilla, mixing well.
• Pour into the prepared baking dish and bake for 35 minutes. Meanwhile prepare the icing.
• FOR THE ICEING: Melt butter, cocoa, and milk in a saucepan. DO NOT BOIL.
• Stir in confectioners sugar, vanilla, and pecans.
• While icing is hot pour over cake in the pan as soon as cake is removed from the oven. Icing will drip into the cake and over the sides.