Chocolate Cake - Epley Recipe

By Jgerwin

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 3 Tbls cocoa
• 2 eggs
• 2 sticks butter
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 C water
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 C flour
• 1/2 C buttermilk
• 2 C granulated sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• Icing:
• 3 Tbls cocoa
• 2 2/3 C powdered sugar (1 box)
• 5 Tbls milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 stick butter
• chopped nuts - optional

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Cake:
Bring to boil: cocoa, butter & water in small saucepan. Pour over flour & sugar mixture, mix well.
Add eggs and salt and beat well
Add vanilla, buttermilk & baking soda and blend
Bake in 9x13 pan or 2 round cake pans,
Cook for 30 minutes; let cake cool before icing
Icing:
Bring to boil - cocoa, milk & butter
pour over powdered sugar & vanilla
Mix well and spread on cake