Chocolate Sheet Cake - flour

Method

• Combine in a mixing bowl:
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• In a saucepan, melt:
• 2 sticks butter
• Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir together.
• Add 1 cup boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
• In measuring cup, pour 1/2 cup buttermilk.
• Add:
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.
• While cake is baking, make icing:
• Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in a saucepan.
• Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
• Add:
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• Stir together.