Chocolate Dream Cake (Texas Sheet Cake)

• 2 C flour
• 2 C sugar
• ½ C (1 stick) butter or margarine
• ½ C shortening
• 1 C water
• ¼ C cocoa
• ½ C buttermilk (or 1 T vinegar in ½ milk; let stand 5 minutes)
• 2 eggs slightly beaten
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350° F., and grease and flour a 13&34; x 9&34; pan.
2. Put flour and sugar in mixing bowl; mix well. Put the butter, shortening, water and cocoa in a saucepan and bring to a rapid boil; pour over flour-sugar mixture and mix well. Combine remaining ingredients and add all at once to batter, mixing well. Pour prepared baking pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until it looks done.
3. DREAM FROSTING
4. ½ C (1 stick) butter
5. 3 ½ T cocoa
6. 1/3 C milk
7. 1 lb powdered sugar (sifted)
8. 1 tsp vanilla
9. 2/3 C chopped pecans
10. Combine butter, cocoa and milk in saucepan; beat slowly and bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients; beat well and spread over cake while it is still warm. Leave cake in pan until ready to serve. Cut into squares.