Chocolate Sheet Cake (lady's)

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 8 tablespoons butter (melted)
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup shortening (melted)
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda (scant)
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 8 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 6 tablespoons evaporated milk
• 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar (sifted)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 in pot on stove combine and bring to a boil 1st 4 ingredients.
• 3 pour into mixing bowl with sugar and flour.
• 4 mix.
• 5 add buttermilk, soda, vanilla, and cinnamon.
• 6 bake for 25 minutes in a 10x14" pan. (check center of cake with a toothpick for doneness; it's all right for a few moist crumbs to stick to the toothpick.).
• 7 while cake is baking, make frosting:.
• 8 in pot on stove combine and bring to a boil butter, cocoa, and evaporated milk.
• 9 pour into mixing bowl with powdered sugar.
• 10 mix.
• 11 add vanilla. icing will be very thick; you may thin it with a few drops of evaporated milk if desired, but keep it thick.
• 12 ice cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.