Categories: desert

Ingredients

• 2 cup sugar
• 2 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks margarine
• 4 Tablespoon cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• dash of red food coloring
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 stick margarine
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 6 tablespoons buttermilk

Directions

1. In a bowl combine:

2. 2 cup sugar

3. 2 cup flour

4. 1/2 teaspoon salt

5. In a saucepan bring the following ingredients to a boil:

6. 2 sticks margarine

7. 4 Tablespoon cocoa

8. 1 cup water

9. Pour the boiled mixture into the bowl with flour and sugar.

10. Add to this mixture:

11. 1 teaspoon of baking soda that has been dissolved with about 1/2 teaspoon of warm water (grandma dissolves the soda in water so that you don’t have to worry about a clump of soda in the cake)

12. Combine then add to the above:

13. 1/2 cup buttermilk

14. dash of red food coloring

15. 2 eggs

16. 1 teaspoon vanilla

17. Beat all of the above together.

18. Pour into a greased sheet cake pan (11″×17″×1″ pan). Grease pan with a little margarine.

19. ICING

20. In a saucepan bring the following ingredients to a boil:

21. 1 stick margarine

22. 4 tablespoons cocoa

23. 6 tablespoons buttermilk

24. Add to boiled mixture 1 box of powdered sugar (1 box equals 1 pound) and 1 teaspoon vanilla and beat all together.

25. While cake is still warm (not hot), put icing on the cake. Icing will be warm.

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