CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Combine in a mixing bowl:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt

In a saucepan, melt:
2 sticks butter or margarine
Add: 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa.  Stir together.
Add:  1 cup boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat.  Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In measuring cup:
Pour 1/2 cup buttermilk
2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Stir buttermilk mixture into chocolate mixture.  Pour into ungreased sheet cake pan and bake at 350* for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make icing:
Chop 1/2 cup pecans finely ( I love pecans, but I never add these to this recipe)
Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter or margarine in a saucepan.
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
ADD:
6 Tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound bag/box powdered sugar
Stir together.
Add pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you've just made the best chocolate sheet cake.  Ever.

recipe from my friend, Jan P.