Ingredients
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 3/4 sticks butter
8 heaping tablespoons cocoa.
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup buttermilk.
2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons milk
1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Preparation
Combine in a mixing bowl: 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt In a saucepan, melt: 2 sticks butter Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir together. Add 1 cup boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
In measuring cup, pour 1/2 cup buttermilk. Add: 2 beaten eggs 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vanilla Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.
While cake is baking, make icing: Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in a saucepan. Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
Add: 6 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar Stir together.
