Pioneer Lady Cocholate Sheet Cake

She is always talking about this chocolate cake and how good it is. I found a recipe of hers I was really wanting to try and she recommended it with the chocolate cake so I made her chocolate cake. Here are my thoughts: It is a good cake that is surprisingly simple. The taste is not very sophisticated but it is soft and airy but still has a richness from all the butter in it. I wish I got to try her chocolate frosting she usually pairs with the cake but I had to try the other one even more. Here is a good, easy, cake both adults and children will enjoy. Here is her Picture tutorial.

INGREDIENTS:

FOR THE CAKE:
2 cups flour
2 cups Sugar
1/4 TB (heaping) cocoa
2 sticks Butter
1 cup Boiling Water
1/2 cup Butter Milk
2 Beaten Eggs
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Vanilla

FOR THE FROSTING
1/2 cup Finely Chopped Pecans
1 3/4 stick Butter
4 TB (heaping) Cocoa
6 TB Milk
1 tsp Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.

In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together.
Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and 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 the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

Cut into squares, and eat.