Chocolate Wet Cake

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1 stick butter
1/2 cup shortening
4 Tablespoons cocoa
1 cup water
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs

• Mix together the sugar and flour and set aside.
• Combine, butter, shortening, cocoa, and water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. 
• Pour boiling mixture over flour/sugar mixture and stir.
• Add buttermilk, vanilla, cinnamon, and eggs and mix together well.
• The batter will be thin and may splatter.
• Pour into a 9"x13" pan that has been sprayed with vegetable spray.
• Bake in 400 degree oven for about twenty-five minutes.
• Frost and serve.

This is a very moist cake and is simple and delicious!  A college friend made it for me for my 21st birthday cake and my family has enjoyed it over the years.