Caramel Frosting
1/2 cup butter
1 cup light brown sugar
1/4 cup milk
1 cup powdered sugar

Cook over low heat, stirring constantly. It will thicken as it cools.

Cool to lukewarm and pour over cake.

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I made this recipe years and years ago, and my family thought it was great, but I had forgotten about it. Last night my husband and I were at a National Day of Prayer dinner, and someone had brought it for the silent auction. It reminded me of how good it is. Here is the recipe, and enjoy!

Cake
1 box chocolate butter cake mix (without pudding)
4 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 small box instant chocolate pudding
8 ounce carton sour cream
6 ounce package chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped pecans

Coat chocolate chips and pecans in a spoon or so of the dry cake mix.

Mix remaining ingredients together except for chocolate chips and pecans.

Fold in chocolate chips and pecans.

In a greased and floured bundt pan, bake at 350 degrees for about 50 minutes or until done.

Cool before icing with chocolate frosting.

This cake also can be baked in a 9 inch x 13 inch cake pan for 40 minutes.

Chocolate Frosting
1 box powdered sugar
3 squares baking chocolate, melted
3/4 stick soft butter
Milk to moisten

Combine all ingredients, adding enough milk to make this frosting of a spreading consistency. This makes a lot of frosting for a bundt cake.

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You can find a wide variety of baking pans at Amazon.com. Here are just two of the possibilities:

8 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
16 ounces powdered sugar, sifted (3-1/2 cups)
1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine cream cheese and butter, beating until smooth.

Add powdered sugar and vanilla.

Beat until light and fluffy.

Makes enough frosting for a 3-layer cake.

Cake
Cream:
1 cup butter
1/3 cup cocoa
2 cup sugar

Add 4 eggs, one at a time. Mix well.

Add 1-1/2 cup flour
1-1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup coconut
1 cup chopped pecans

Pour into a greased 9 inch x 13 inch pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Spread 1 pint marshmallow cream on hot cake.

Frosting
When cake is cool, frost with:
1 stick butter
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Add 1 pound box powdered sugar to frosting and stir well. Frost cake.

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This old recipe for homemade red cake frosting is from Grandma Marie (born in 1914). She gave me this recipe in 1966, shortly after I married her son. She and her husband made this recipe for years and years before that. This old recipe is probably from the 1940s or earlier.

Cook 1 cup milk and 3 scant tablespoons of flour till thick. Cool to lukewarm.

Beat 3 to 4 minutes: 1 cup sugar, 1 cup Crisco, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and a dash of salt.

Add to flour, and beat till fluffy – 4 minutes.

This is a great frosting for the Red Velvet Cake. It would also be tasty on many cakes.

This is a very easy homemade chocolate frosting recipe that tastes like it should be difficult to make. Nothing low-calorie here! Eat and enjoy!

3 tablespoons butter, softened
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/4 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk

Cream butter and cocoa in a small mixer bowl.

Add vanilla and powdered sugar.

Blend in milk. Beat until mixture reaches spreading consistency.

Makes 1 cup of chocolate frosting.

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