Texas Cake

2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
a little salt

Mix in a bowl and set aside.

In a pan:
1 cup water
4 Tbls unsweetened Cocoa
1 cup butter or margarine

Bring to boil. Pour over flour and sugar mixture, and beat well. (This is the best stage for sampling the batter!)

Add 2 eggs
½ cup butter milk or ½ cup milk with a little vinegar
1 tsp. Soda

Mix well. Pour in a greased sided cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.

Frosting

In a bowl:

1 sm. bag powdered sugar

In a sm. pan: 4 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
½ cup margarine
1/3 cup milk

Bring to boil and pour over powdered sugar.

Add 1 tsp. Vanilla and 1 cups walnuts (if you like).

Frost over cake right out of oven.


*This is a family favorite!