Amy Sharpe S Chocolate Sheet Cake And Icing Recipe

Ingredients

Cake:

2 cup sugar

2 cup plain (all-purpose) flour

2 sticks of butter or margarine

1 cup water

3.5 tablespoons cocoa

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 beaten eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla

Icing:

1 stick margarine or butter

1/3 cup milk

3.5 tablespoons cocoa

1 lb powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 cup chopped nuts (pecans)

Preparation

Cake preparation: Preheat oven 400 degrees. Flour and grease pan.

Mix sugar and flour. Over low heat, melt together butter, water and cocoa. Mix the melted mixture into the flour/sugar. Add buttermilk, soda, beaten eggs and vanilla.

Pour into sheet cake pan and back for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

ICING preparation: Melt together butter, mild and cocoa. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, nuts.

Pour on the cake HOT from the oven.