Claudine's Chocolate Cake Recipe

This is my family's favorite Chocolate Cake. I developed this from several very old Chocolate Cake recipes I found in my Mother's recipe box.
Claudine Bratcher
* Exported from MasterCook *

Recipe By :Claudine Bratcher
Serving Size : 16 Preparation Time :0:00
 

Preheat Oven - grease and Flour pan.

Measure the flour and sugar into a large mixing bowl.
Put water, Crisco, butter and cocoa powder in sauce pan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly to prevent scorching. Pour slowly over sugar and flour and beat until well blended. Add the buttermilk and soda to this mixture and blend thoroughly. Add eggs, cinnamon and vanilla and beat for 3 minutes. Fold in the pecans.
Pour into prepared pan.
Bake.

For Frosting:
Sift powdered sugar into mixing bowl.
In saucepan, combine butter, cocoa powder and buttermilk and bring to a boil.
Pour over powdered sugar, add vanilla and pecans and mix well.
Frost cake in pan while frosting and cake are still warm.
Store in covered container.