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Bug's Chocolate Sheet Cake (She called them Fudge Brownies) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
½ cup unsalted butter
¼ cup cocoa
1 cup water
¼ tsp salt
½ oil
1 tsp soda
½ cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla

Frosting
½ cup butter
1 tsp vanilla
6 tablespoons buttermilk
¼ cup cocoa
1 lb. sifted confectioner’s sugar
½ cup chopped pecans
Directions:
Directions:
Cake:
Preheat oven to 350˚. Grease and flour a 13x9 pan. Combine flour, sugar, and salt in mixing bowl. Bring water, butter, oil, and cocoa to a boil. Fold into dry ingredients. Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. Add to mixture. Beat in eggs one at a time. Pour into pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes.

Frosting:
Melt butter in saucepan. Add cocoa and buttermilk. Bring to a boil. Whisk in sugar. Add vanilla and pecans. Pour over warm cake. After it has cooled the frosting will be firm, and you can cut into squares.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Bug gave this recipe to me over the phone from memory. She said Crisco (shortening), but I’ve always used oil.

 

 

 

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