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.