Instructions: Sift flour and sugar together in bowl. Combine butter, shortening, cocoa, and water in saucepan. Bring to a rapid boil. Pour over flour mixture and stir well. Add buttermilk, soda, eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla; mix well. Pour into well-greased pan 16"x11"x1" deep. Bake twenty minutes 400 deg.

Icing: 1 stick butter or margarine 4 T cocoa 6 T milk 1 box powdered sugar 1 t vanilla 1 c pecans

Melt butter, cocoa, milk. Bring to boil. Remove from heat, add powdered sugar, vanilla, pecans. Beat well, spread on cake while hot and leave in pan. Start icing five minutes before cake is done.

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