Cooking Our Way

Sift into bowl:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tea. soda and pinch of salt
In sauce pan heat:
2 sticks butter
4 Tbsp. cocoa
1 cup water

Pour over flour mixture along with 2 eggs and ½ c. sour cream.  Batter will be thin.

Pour into greased un-floured 13” pan or two 9” layers.  Bake 30 to 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

While still hot frost with the following:
1 box confectioners sugar
1 stick butter melted with 6 Tbsp. cocoa
7 Tbsp or more, milk , 1 1/2 t. vanilla, 1c. Chopped nuts.  Beat all together except nuts.  Then stir in nuts.  Frosting will be thick.  Put gently in mounds on hot cake.  As it melts, spread over cake.