Texas Sheet Cake

Cake Ingredients:

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup (2 sticks) butter
4 tbs cocoa powder
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla

Icing Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
5 tbs cocoa powder
6 tbs milk
1 tsp vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
chopped nuts if you use them (I don't)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine flour, sugar and salt in a small bowl. Set aside. In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa and stir. Add boiling water. Allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then remove from heat. Pour over flour mixture and stir lightly. In a separate bowl or measuring cup, stir together buttermilk, eggs, baking soda and vanilla. Stir into the chocolate mixture. Pour into a jelly roll pan and bake for 20 minutes.

For icing, melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa and stir well. Remove from heat. Add milk and vanilla and stir. Stir in powdered sugar and mix well. Add nuts if you use them. Pour over warm cake.