Recipe: Li'l Jeanne's Birthday Cake (with poured chocolate icing, Junior league of Lafayette)

LI'L JEANNE'S BIRTHDAY CAKE

STEP I:
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour

Combine in a large mixing bowl.

STEP II:
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 stick margarine
1 cup water
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Combine with flour mixture in mixing bowl. Beat at low speed for 1 minute.

STEP III:
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda

Take eggs and beat well. Mix with buttermilk and vanilla. Add to other ingredients. Sprinkle baking soda over mixture. Mix one minute. Pour into a greased 11x8x2-inch pan.

Bake at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes. Ice while hot.

ICING

1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine
6 tablespoons evaporated milk
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 (1 pound) box confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Bring first 3 ingredients to a boil in a saucepan. Pour into mixing bowl and add confectioner's sugar and extract. Beat until smooth and creamy. Pour icing over hot cake and let cool.

Fay Bowen

Makes 10 servings
Source: Tell Me More by Junior league of Lafayette