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Aunt Bonnie's Cocoa Bundt Cake

Chocolate heaven! This cake is mmm....mmmm...good!
5 from 2 votes
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Ingredients
  

For The Cake

  • 1-2/3 cup flour
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup cocoa
  • 1-1/2 tsp. Baking soda
  • 1 tsp. Salt
  • 1/2 tsp. Baking powder
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1-1/2 cup buttermilk mix-1-1/4 cup milk, and 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla extract

For The Icing:

  • 2 tbsp. Butter
  • 2 tbsp. Hershey cocoa
  • 2 tbsp. Water
  • 1 cup icing sugar
  • 1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 12 cup bundt pan. In a large mixing bowl blend flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add all the remaining ingredients. Mix for 4 minutes, scraping the sides of the bowl along the way. Pour the batter into a prepared baking pan. Bake 50-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan and then invert onto a wire rack and cool completely. Drizzle with the Cocoa Glaze.

For The Glaze:

  • In a small saucepan over low heat melt butter, add cocoa powder and water. Stir constantly until thickened. Don not boil. Remove from heat, gradually add icing sugar and vanilla using a wired whisk. Whisk until smooth. Add additional water, 1/2 tsp. at a time until desired consistency.