GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE CAKE 
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
1 stick butter
1/2 c. Crisco
4 tbsp. cocoa
1 c. water
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix flour and sugar in large bowl; set aside. In a saucepan, bring next 4 ingredients to a boil. Pour over flour and sugar; mix well. Add 4 remaining ingredients and mix. Bake in a 9"x13" cake pan for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.

ICING:

1 stick butter
6 tbsp. milk
4 tbsp. cocoa
1 box powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 c. chopped nuts

Melt butter, milk and cocoa. Add remaining ingredients. Pour over cake while hot!

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Grandma's Chocolate Cake
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 Love It (Georgia) says:
Thank you for sharing this! This is like my Grandmother's (she was born in the very early 1900s) chocolate cake recipe. I come here to find it because the chocolate cake fairy takes my printed out one everytime I make it. This is the easiest cake to make and so delicious!

 

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