Ingredients
Cake
- 2 sticks butter
- 3½ tbsp cocoa
- 1 c water
- 2 c sugar
- 2 c flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp baking soda in 1/2 c sour milk or buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Icing
- 1 stick butter
- 3½ tbsp cocoa
- ⅓ c milk
- 1 box powered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 c nuts, optional
Instructions
- Flour and/or grease pan.
- Boil water, butter, and cocoa.
- Add and mix: sugar, flour, eggs, baking soda & sour cream/buttermilk, vanilla.
- Bake 400º about 15 min.
- Icing:
- Bring all ingredients to a boil. Add 1 box powdered sugar, vanilla, and 1 c nuts (optional).