Scotch Cake or Chocolate Cake with Icing

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 1 stick butter
• 1 stick margarine
• 2 eggs -- slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Icing

• 1 stick butter (1/2 cup)
• 1 box confectioner's sugar
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 cup pecans -- chopped

Into a bowl, sift together the flour, sugar and cocoa. Put the water, margarine and butter in a saucepan and heat until the butter melts. Add to the dry ingredients. Add the eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla and mix together. Spray bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray and bake at 400° for 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Mix the icing ingredients together and pour over hot cake.
Recipe adapted from "Tell Me More" from the Junior League of Lafayette, LA