Ingredients

  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2-1/2 teaspoons Baking Soda
  • 1/2 cups Cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoons Salt
  • 1 cup Oil
  • 1 cup Hot Water
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 2 whole Eggs
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  • FOR THE ICING:
  • 1 stick Butter
  • 6 teaspoons Milk
  • 1 pound Powdered Sugar
  • 1/2 cups Cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla

Method

  • Mix all of your dry ingredients in a large bowl. Then add the oil, water, buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Spread in an ungreased pan and cook at 350 degrees for twenty minutes. You will want to use a sheet cake pan! Mine is about 12x17 and my cakes are only an inch deep. I don't think this cake is as good when it's thick (I tried it in a 9x13). My oven is old and awful, so I usually only bake mine for fifteen minutes. My point is, check this cake often so you don't dry it out!
  • As your cake is cooling, throw together the icing.
  • In a pan melt the butter with the milk. Bring this mixture to a boil and add the mixture to the powdered sugar, cocoa, and vanilla. Blend until smooth and spread the deliciousness over the now-cooled cake. Enjoy!