2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
2 sticks margarine
3 Tablespoons Cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix flour and sugar in a big bowl.
In a saucepan place margarine, water, cocoa. Bring to a boil
Pour over flour and sugar. Mix
In another bowl add baking soda, vanilla, eggs, salt, milk
Add to above mix.
Pour into greased cookie sheet pan. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes
Make frosting last 5 minutes of cook time. Frost while cake is hot.
FROSTING
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 stick margarine
3 Tablespoons cocoa powder
5 Tablespoons milk
1 – 1 pound package of powdered sugar (I always use more than 1 pound)
1/2 cup nuts
In a saucepan add margarine, cocoa, milk. Melt, but don’t boil. Then add powdered sugar. Thin enough to spread, but not runny. Then add vanilla and nuts.
Pour in sections across the cake and carefully spread or you will take off the top of the cake.