Chocolate Sheet Cake

Sheet Cake 

2 c sugar

2 c flour

2 stick butter

4 T cocoa (or 3 squares and ¼ cup of butter)

1 c water

½ cup buttermilk

2 eggs, slightly beaten

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla

Sift sugar and flour together. Mix butter, cocoa and water in saucepan. Bring to a rapid boil. Pour over flour/sugar mixture, stir. Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda and vanilla. Mix together. Pour into 9×13 baking dish and bake for 30 mins at 400 degrees (or until toothpick comes out clean). 

ICING:

1 stick of butter

4 T cocoa (3 squares and ¼ cup of butter)

6 T milk

1 box of sifted powdered sugar

1 cup of nuts, chopped (optional)

Mix butter, cocoa, and milk in saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and nuts, stir and spread over hot cake.