Buttermilk Chocolate Cake

a.k.a. Texas Sheet Cake or Mormon Brownies

(It's another pot-luck crowd pleaser!)

(I got this recipe from my dear friend Joni about 8 years ago. Thanks for sharing!)

In mixing bowl sift together:

2 cups flour

3 1/2 Tbsp. baking cocoa

2 cups sugar

In saucepan melt together:

1 stick butter

1 cup hot water

1/2 cup oil

Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. Mix well. Add:

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 10x15 1/2 baking pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Frost while still warm with following recipe:

Frosting: (make while cake is baking)

In saucepan over medium heat, mix and boil for one minute:

1 stick butter

6 Tbsp. buttermilk

3 1/2 Tbsp. cocoa

Cool to room temp. and add:

1 lb. powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Beat until smooth and pour over cake.

~GG~