Foot In The Fire Chocolate Cake

Recipe Ingredients

		Cake
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	Flour
2 cups	396g / 13oz	Sugar
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
1		Butter
1 cup	237ml	Water
1/2 cup	118ml	Vegetable oil
3 tablespoons	45ml	Cocoa
1/2 cup	118ml	Buttermilk
3		Eggs
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla extract
		**icing**
1		Butter
2 tablespoons	30ml	Cocoa
6 tablespoons	90ml	Milk
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
1		Powdered sugar

Recipe Instructions

Part 1 - combine flour, sugar, salt in large mixing bowl.

Part 2 - in boiler combine butter, water, oil, and cocoa. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. (You may do this in the microwave). Pour over Part 1 and mix well.

Part 3 - Mix buttermilk, soda, eggs, and vanilla and add to parts 1 and 2. Pour into large (12 x 17) greased and floured cookie sheet and bake at 350F for 25 to 30 minutes. While cake is cooking, prepare icing by placing the butter, cocoa, and milk in saucepan or use microwave container and heat until hot, just to melt butter. Do not boil. Add remaining ingredients. Pour warm cake and let cool enough to eat, if you can :)

Option 1. About 3 minutes before removing cake from oven, place 2 cups of miniature marshmallows on top of cake and return to oven. Let marshmallows puff. Remove from oven and pour icing over.

Option 2. Add 1 cup chopped pecans to icing mixture.

Source:
Cooking Light - March 1998

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