Chocolate Sheath Cake
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1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup water
4 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
Bring butter, shortening, water and cocoa to a rolling boil and pour over the sugar and flour in a large mixing bowl. Beat until smooth.
Add the eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Beat well.
Bake in a greased & floured 11" x 16" pan for 20 minutes at 400 degrees F.
4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons hot coffee
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
Beat well and add nuts. Pour over the cake as soon as removed from the oven.
This is the cake Gretchen requested for her birthday Sunday. It's our grandmother's recipe, and as Von said, these older recipes don't skimp on the "good stuff". I bet the original recipe called for Oleo, which I changed to shortening, which I buy in stick form, rather than the large can, like back in the day! Von - you'll also like this recipe for all the coffee in the frosting - I know you loves your coffee. (I can't believe I didn't take a picture of the cake! I guess I didn't think about posting the recipe until later. I didn't use nuts in the frosting because I decorated the frosted cake with colored sprinkles, or dingleberries, as Gretchen likes to call them. It was quite festive looking.)
Chocolate Sheath Cake
Helen Stahlman
Helen Stahlman
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup water
4 tablespoons cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
Bring butter, shortening, water and cocoa to a rolling boil and pour over the sugar and flour in a large mixing bowl. Beat until smooth.
Add the eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Beat well.
Bake in a greased & floured 11" x 16" pan for 20 minutes at 400 degrees F.
Frosting
1/2 cup butter4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons hot coffee
2 cups powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts
Beat well and add nuts. Pour over the cake as soon as removed from the oven.
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Krissie - As I was making Gretchen's birthday card I actually thought, "I should be making this in red." But like I said, I've been using up leftover Christmas card parts. Gretchen - if you want me to make a different one to frame for you, I'd be happy to do that. And I'm not sure that red is your favorite color, other than that whole kicky red shoe thing. In fact, I'd be hard pressed to say what your favorite color is. I think we both love color - lots of colors! Please advise.
posted by Stefani at 6:31 AM
5 Comments:
The cake recipe sounds yummy, but I wonder if you could leave the coffee out or substitute something else. I've never liked the taste of coffee.
I do have red in my office (with the kicky red shoes as decoration) so I could use it there. But elsewhere in the house, I tend to blues and greens and purple. So that's a very definitive . . . I'll be happy with anything! Thanks! (And thanks for dropping off the roses.)
Yep, gotta make that cake. Sounds divine! Thanks for the tip about shortening in sticks. There's nothing quite like trying to clean shortening out of a measuring cup. Gah.
Sharon - I don't care for coffee either and I like this cake. I don't think it has a coffee taste at all, but could be I just like the cake, based on memories!
Gretchen - I'll make something new for you in purples, greens & blues - my favorite colors too!
Amy - Amen to the shortening sticks. My other amen goes to granulated brown sugar - pours like a dream - like regular sugar! Sometimes it's just gotta be, frugality be damned.
Ohmygod, I LOVE coffee flavor in anything...that frosting sounds scrumptious! And if weren't so incorrigibly lazy in the kitchen, I might attempt it. :)
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