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Ingredients
- Icing:
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks (1 cup) butter
- 4 heaping tbsp cocoa
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
- 1 3/4 sticks butter (1 cup minus 2 tbsp)
- 4 heaping tbsp cocoa
- 6 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Preparation
Step 1
1. In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt.
2. In a saucepan melt, 1 cup of butter, add cocoa, and water. Let mixture boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat.
3. Pour chocolate mixture over flour mixture and stir lightly.
4. In a measuring cup, mix buttermilk, baking soda, eggs and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into cake batter. Pour into sheet pan (use a large cookie sheet with a rim or a jelly roll pan. Mario used a cookie sheet that is about 11" x 17").
5. Bake at 350F for about 20 minutes.
6. While cake is baking, make icing. Melt 1 3/4 sticks of butter (equals 1 cup less 2 tbsp) in a saucepan. Add cocoa and stir to combine. Turn off heat.
7. Add milk, vanilla, and icing sugar. Add pecans and stir together. Pour over warm cake. Use a spatula to spread out to the edges, if necessary.
8. Cut into squares and serve.