Chocolate Sheet Cake

As requested by Big Brother, this is the sheet cake recipe Mom used. It is similar to 'Texas Sheet Cake', but uses buttermilk instead of sour cream.

CAKE

Mix in large bowl and set aside:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar

Combine in saucepan:
1 stick butter
4 tbls cocoa (Mom used 6)
1/2 cup Crisco (Mom would have eliminated the butter and used all Crisco)
1 cup water
Bring to boil, stirring well, and pour over sugar and flour.

Add:
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk with 1 tsp soda
Mix well--it will be thin.

Pour onto large, greased cookie sheet. Bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

FROSTING:

(Start 5 minutes before cake is done)

In saucepan combine:
1/3 cup milk
1 stick butter
4 tbls cocoa (very generous)
Bring to boil and remove from heat.

Add:
1 lb powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Spread over hot cake as it comes from the oven.

In the eleven years Tim and I have been back in this church, I don't think there's been a single potluck (and we have many!) where this cake has not shown up!

Barb