Texas Sheet Cake

Submitted by Kendall

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup butter
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
**I've used dark cocoa powder and it is very yummy
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla (the REAL stuff!)

Chocolate Buttermik Frosting below

Grease a 15x10x1 baking pan.

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt - set aside.

In a medium saucepan combine butter, cocoa powder, and 1 cup water. Bring mixture just to boiling, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add the chocolate mixture to dry mixture and beat with an electric mixer on medium to high speed until thoroughly combined. Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Beat for 1 minute (batter will be thin). Pour batter into the prepared pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake. Pour warm Chocolate Buttermilk Frosting over the warm cake, spreading evenly. Place cake in pan on a wire rack to cool before cutting. Makes 24 servings (or 4 depending on how you cut). :-)

Chocolate Buttermilk Frosting
In a medium saucepan combine 1/4 cup butter, 3 T unsweetened cocoa powder, and 3 T buttermilk. bring to boiling. Remove from heat. Add 2 1/4 cups sifted powder sugar and 1/2 teaspon vanilla. Beat util smooth. If desired, stir in 3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans.