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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. For Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. | 2. Butter and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. | 3. Combine sugar, flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. | 4. Whisk buttermilk, butter, and cocoa powder in heavy large saucepan over medium-low heat until butter melts. | 5. Pour over flour mixture and whisk to combine. | 6. Add eggs and vanilla; whisk to blend. | 7. Pout into pan. | 8. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. | 9. Transfer to rack and cool completely. | 10. Run knife around pan sides to loosen cake. | 11. Turn cake out onto platter. | 12. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake. | 13. Press enough pecans onto sides of cake to cover. | 14. Sprinkle cake with remaining pecans. | 15. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover; let stand at room temperature.) For Frosting: Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. | 16. Add cocoa, buttermilk, espresso powder, vanilla, and cinnamon; whisk until smooth. | 17. Remove from heat. | 18. Place powdered sugar in bowl. | 19. Pour hot cocoa mixture over. | 20. Using electric mixer, beat until smooth. | 21. Use immediately. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
sugar	2	cups		1611.96	403.19199999999995	0.0	0.0
purpose flour	1 3/4	3/4		-	-	-	-
cinnamon	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
baking soda	1	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
buttermilk	1 1/2	cups		-	-	-	-
butter	1	cup	unsalted	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
cocoa powder	3/4	cup	unsweetened	147.06	37.3455	12.642000000000001	8.8365
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
vanilla	1 1/2	1/2		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
butter	1/2	cup	unsalted	1368.0	62.856	42.744	115.2
cocoa powder	1/2	cup	unsweetened	147.06	37.3455	12.642000000000001	8.8365
buttermilk	6	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
espresso powder	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
vanilla	1 1/2	1/2		18.144000000000002	0.797	0.0038	0.0038
cinnamon	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
sugar	1	box	powdered	-	-	-	-
pecan	2	cups	chopped toasted	572.6933	107.32799999999999	11.7867	12.064

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.