Diana's chocolate sheet cake
18 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Sugar |
| 2 | cups | Flour |
| ⅓ | cup | Cocoa |
| 1 | teaspoon | Baking soda |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Margarine or butter |
| ¼ | cup | Cocoa |
| 6 | tablespoons | Milk |
| 1 | cup | Butter or margarine |
| 1 | cup | Water |
| 1 | cup | Butter milk |
| 2 | Eggs | |
| 1 | teaspoon | Vanilla |
| 4 | cups | Confectioners sugar (1 lb.) |
| 1 | cup | Chopped walnuts (optional) |
Directions
CAKE
ICING
For the cake: Combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix well. Heat margarine and water in a saucepan until boiling. Pour over dry ingredients and mix. Beat in buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Pour thin batter into greased and floured 15 x 10 inch pan. Bake at 400 deg f for 20 minutes. Serv this cake warm or cold.
For the icing: Combine margarine, cocoa, and milk. Heat to boiling. Pour over confectioners sugar and nuts. Mix well. Spread over hot cake.
Makes 18 servings.