Celebrity Recipes
Celebrity Recipes
Lady Bird Johnson's Mexican Chocolate Cake
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate or 4 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup water
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup sour milk (place 1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar
in 1/2 cup measure, then fill with milk)
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Icing:
1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine
4 tablespoons cocoa
6 tablespoons milk
1 (1 pound) package confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup pecans
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 12 x 18-inch cake pan.
Combine margarine, oil, chocolate and water in a saucepan. Heat until chocolate
is melted.
Combine flour, soda, sugar, milk, eggs, cinnamon and vanilla extract in large
bowl, then combine with first mixture. Pour batter into prepared cake pan. Bake
20 to 25 minutes or until cake is done.
Ice cake while still warm.
Icing: Combine margarine, chocolate and milk in a saucepan. Heat until bubbles
from around the edge. Remove from heat. Add confectioners' sugar, vanilla extract
and pecans. Beat until smooth.
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