I would like to welcome you to our Daily Bizarre, Special and Unique Holidays – March, 25, 2021. Did you know today is Pecan Day? If I had knew earlier Charlie and I would have visited either my mother in law or my sister and picked Pecans and baked Cookies, Cakes or Brownies. Charlie’s choice.
Since I didn’t we didn’t have a dessert today which is better for me as I am trying to lose weight. But that doesn’t mean David will not pick up a Candy Bar or Brownies with Pecans for Charlie this evening.
Here is additional Holidays:
Feast of the Annunciation Before you ask me what this is I didn’t know and had to have Charlie look the Holiday up.
About: On this day, nine months before the birth of Jesus on Christmas morning, we celebrate the incarnation of our savior, Jesus Christ. The Archangel Gabriel came to Mary of Nazareth and told her she was to bear the Son of God, Jesus Christ.
Waffle Day don’t forget to check out my post and the recipe for Homemade Buttermilk Waffles I shared with you.
Old Southern Chocolate Pecan Sheet Cake
2 cups white sugar 2 cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup water ½ cup vegetable shortening ½ cup margarine 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ cup buttermilk 2 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups white sugar
Icing:
- 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners’ sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup butter
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
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Old Southern Chocolate Pecan Sheet Cake
I received this recipe from an old Southern cook, a copy of a copy of a typed-up sheet from long ago, annotated with her notes (which included the word oleo instead of margarine). I’ve never seen another chocolate cake recipe like it, which instructs the cook to heat part of the cake batter on the stove, and pour the cooked icing over a hot cake. The result is a wonderfully rich (yet surprisingly light) chocolate sheet cake topped with a cooked chocolate and pecan frosting. This cake has an incredible homemade taste, yet is foolproof! Will make you forget Duncan Hines®! By Leslie41 Save Pin Print
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Recipe Summary
prep: 30 mins cook: 25 mins total: 55 mins Servings: 24 Yield: 1 9×13-inch sheet cake Nutrition Info
Ingredients
24 Original recipe yields 24 servings Cake:
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup vegetable shortening
- ½ cup margarine
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Icing:
- 1 (16 ounce) box confectioners’ sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup butter
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Directions
- Step 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease bottom and sides of a 9×13-inch pan.
- Step 2 Mix 2 cups white sugar, flour, and salt in a mixing bowl.
- Step 3 Combine water, vegetable shortening, margarine, and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder in a saucepan. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Pour liquid into flour mixture and stir well. Return saucepan to stove and set it aside.
- Step 4 Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk in a large liquid measuring cup and stir in eggs and vanilla extract. Pour egg mixture into cake batter and mix until fully combined. Transfer batter into the prepared pan.
- Step 5 Bake the cake in preheated oven until cake springs back when touched lightly with a finger or a tester comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Step 6 While cake is baking, prepare icing using reserved saucepan. Combine confectioners’ sugar, 3 tablespoons cocoa powder, butter, milk, vanilla, and pecans in saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until hot but not boiling. Pour icing over hot cake immediately after it comes out of the oven. Allow cake to cool completely on a wire rack.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
