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Chocolate sheet cake with chocolate frosting

From HOLLY HOUSE BED & BREAKFAST / NIGHTLY CABIN RENTAL

Prep Time:

30 minutes

Cooking Time:

15 minutes

Yield:

10-12

Melt in your mouth scratch cake and scratch frosting nothing like making your guests feel like HOME.... You'll find the frosting down below the cake directions.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 sticks butter

Directions

Cake ingredients:

sift  sugar - flour soda and salt set aside. Melt butter then add cocoa and water, bring to a rapid boil. Pour over dry ingredients, Mix very well. Add buttermilk eggs and vanilla. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes on a large sheet cake pan with tall lip on it or 9 +13 cake pan.

 

 

Frosting directions:

Melt 1 stick butter - add 1/3 cup buttermilk and 4 tablespoons of cocoa bring to a boil - take off heat and slowly add the 1 pound powdered sugar, then add 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup chopped pecans (optional) and spread on warm cake.

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