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Mom's Chocolate Sheet Cake #2

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A chocolate sheet cake with buttermilk in the batter. An easy recipe to make and fun to serve. It freezes well.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 stick margarine I use butter
  • 4 T. cocoa
  • 1/2 c shortening I use Crisco
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp. soda dissolved in 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • FROSTING:
  • 1 stick margarine
  • 6 Tbsp. milk
  • 4 Tbsp. cocoa
  • 16 oz powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 cup nuts optional

Instructions
 

  • Combine flour, sugar, and salt
  • Heat margarine, cocoa, shortening, and water
  • Bring to boil.
  • Pour over dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Add eggs, buttermilk/soda, and vanilla
  • Mix well.
  • Pour into greased jelly roll pan.
  • Bake at 400 for 20 minutes
  • FROSTING directions:
  • Heat margarine, milk, and cocoa.
  • Bring to a boil. Remove from heat
  • Add powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts (optional)
  • Stir until smooth, and spread over warm cake