The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake. Ever.

Best Family Treat!

Description

This cake is a chocolate cake with a chocolate icing. It is not too rich but just right. The icing and the cake together make the best cake ever!

Ingredients

• FOR THE CAKE:

• 2 cups Flour

• 2 cups Sugar

• 1/4 teaspoon Salt

• 4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa

• 2 sticks Butter

• 1 cup Boiling Water

• 1/2 cup Buttermilk

• 2 Beaten Eggs

• 1 teaspoon Baking Soda

• 1 teaspoons Vanilla

• FOR FROSTING:

• 1/2 cup Finely Chopped Pecans

• 1-3/4 stick Butter

• 4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa

• 6 Tablespoons Milk

• 1 teaspoon Vanilla

• 1 pound (minus 1/2 Cup) Powdered Sugar

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
2. In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together. Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Our over flour mixture , and stir lightly to cool.
3. In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter. chocolate mixture. Our into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.
4. While cake is baking, make the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together, Add the pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.
5. Cut into squares, eat, and enjoy!