Chocolate Skillet Cake with Ice Cream
Ingredients:
- one c flour
- half t baking soda
- one cup sugar
- pinch of salt
- a quarter c (1/2 stick) butter
- a quarter c vegetable oil
- two t cocoa powder
- half c water
- a quarter cup buttermilk
- one egg
- half teaspoon of vanilla
Icing:
- a quarter cup (1/2 stick) butter
- two t cocoa
- 3-4 t milk (as needed for consistency)
- half c pecans
- two c powdered sugar
- half t of vanilla
- Cream ice (to serve)
- whipped cream (to serve)
Methods:
Preheat oven three hundred fifty degrees F. In bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, sugar & salt together and set apart.
In ten inch cast iron skillet, bring butter, vegetable oil, cocoa powder also water to a boil.
Removing from the heat and blending in dry ingredients well. Mixing buttermilk, egg & vanilla. Baking cake in the pan at three hundred fifty degrees F for fifteen to twenty minutes
When cake is starting to cool, preparing frosting. In saucepan, bring butter, cocoa also milk to a boil. Removing them from the heat & adding icing sugar, walnuts & vanilla. Stir to combine.
Pour on warm cake, spreading with spatula and serving with vanilla bean ice cream, caramel sauce and whip cream
Enjoy !